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"text": "A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.",
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"text": "Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins[…]",
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"ref": "2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8",
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"word": "ရေကာတာ"
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"word": "𑄉𑄧𑄙"
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"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
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"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
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"word": "barrage"
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"word": "presa"
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"word": "დამბა"
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"word": "Staudamm"
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"word": "بەربەست"
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stífla"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "aquobarilo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "bendungan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "empang"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argine"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diga"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "damu",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ダム"
},
{
"alt": "えんてい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "entei",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "堰堤"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "kaṭṭe",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ಕಟ್ಟೆ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "böget",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "бөгет"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "damba",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "дамба"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tumnup",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ទំនប់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daem",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "댐"
},
{
"alt": "堰堤",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eonje",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "언제"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berbest",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "بەربەست"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "bendav"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "sikur"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bögöt",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "бөгөт"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "damba",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "дамба"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "plotina",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "плотина"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "fāi",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ຝາຍ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khư̄an",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ເຂື່ອນ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dambis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aizsprosts"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "užtvanka"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "damba"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ḟaay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ᦚᦻ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "brana",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "брана"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nasip",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "насип"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "empang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "empangan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "pengempang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ampang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "bendung"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "bendungan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "tebat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "tambak"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "tandup"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "alahan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṇa",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "അണ"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṇakkeṭṭŭ",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "അണക്കെട്ട്"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ciṟa",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ചിറ"
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{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "diga"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "dalan",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠨ"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "dalangga",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᠠ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "matatara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "pāwai"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "dam"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "dalan",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "далан"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "boomt",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "боомт"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "dáʼdeestłʼin"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "tó beʼekʼid"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "demning"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dam"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "demning"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dam"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "ḍǝm",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ډم"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "band",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بند"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sadd",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "سَدّ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âb-band",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "آببَند"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "band",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Dari"
],
"word": "بَند"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Daum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tama"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zapora"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barragem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "represa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "açude"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "hark'a"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "baraj"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plotína",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "плоти́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dámba",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "да́мба"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gatʹ",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "násypʹ",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "на́сыпь"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́сип"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "бра́на"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "га̏т"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "násip"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "brána"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gȁt"
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{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "phǎai",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ၽၢႆ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "priehrada"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hrádza"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jez"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "damm"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "tarundon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "saplad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "prinsa"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sarband",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "сарбанд"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "damba",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "дамба"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "darġot",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "дарғот"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "obband",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "оббанд"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "aṇai",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "அணை"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "buwa",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "буа"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ānakaṭṭa",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ఆనకట్ట"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kʉ̀ʉan",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "เขื่อน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "chu rag",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ཆུ་རག"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "gədb",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "ግድብ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "baraj"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "set"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "bent"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "damba"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hréblja",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гре́бля"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dámba",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "да́мба"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "band",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَنْد"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "damba",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "دامبا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "toghan",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "توغان"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "toʻgʻon"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "damba"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "đập"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argae"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dam",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דאַם"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "structure placed across a flowing body of water",
"word": "fai"
}
],
"word": "dam"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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