Dam vs. Damn

Damnoun

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding

Damnoun

The water reservoir resulting from placing such structure.

Damnoun

(dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.

Damnoun

A reservoir.

Damnoun

A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

Damnoun

(India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.

Damnoun

Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).

Damnoun

A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Damverb

To block the flow of water.

Damnoun

A female parent; - used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

Damnoun

A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Damnoun

A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.

Damnoun

A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

Damverb

To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; - generally used with in or up.

Damverb

To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

Damnoun

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

Damnoun

a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

Damnoun

female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

Damverb

obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;

Damnoun

a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply

Damnoun

a barrier of branches in a stream, constructed by a beaver to provide a deep pool and a lodge.

Damnoun

an artificial pond or reservoir where rain or spring water is collected for storage

Damnoun

a rubber sheet used to keep saliva from the teeth during dental operations, or as a prophylactic device during cunnilingus and anilingus.

Damnoun

the female parent of an animal, especially a domestic mammal.

Damverb

build a dam across (a river or lake)

Damverb

hold back or obstruct (something)

Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability.

Damnverb

To condemn to hell.

Damnverb

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

Damnverb

To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

Damnverb

To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

Damnverb

To curse; put a curse upon.

Damnverb

(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damnadjective

Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

Damnadverb

Very, extremely.

Damninterjection

Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. See also dammit.

Damnnoun

The use of "damn" as a curse.

Damnnoun

A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.

Damnnoun

The smallest amount of concern or consideration (used in not give a damn).

Damnverb

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

Damnverb

To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

Damnverb

To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

Damnverb

To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damnnoun

something of little value;

Damnverb

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;

Damnadjective

used as expletives;

Damnadjective

expletives used informally as intensifiers;

Damnadverb

extremely;