dam
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Types & categories
- barrier hypernym
- milldam hyponym
- weir hyponym
- Aswan High Dam instance hyponym
- Glen Canyon Dam instance hyponym
- Hoover Dam instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
dam the gorges of the Yangtse River
Types & categories
- obturate hypernym
Related & opposite
- dam derivation
Sense 3 noun
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
Types & categories
- metric linear unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
- hectometer part holonym
- meter part meronym
Sense 4 noun
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
Types & categories
- female hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dam |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dike |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | barrier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | milldam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weir |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Aswan High Dam |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Glen Canyon Dam |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hoover Dam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dam |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hectometer |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | meter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | metric linear unit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | female |