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dammed

/dæmd/

Meanings
verb
To block the flow of water.

Examples :

"The engineers dammed the river to create a reservoir. "
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engineers noun

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪəz/ /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪɹz/

A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.

"The engineers designed a new water filtration system for the school. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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river noun

/ˈɹɪvə/ /ˈɹɪvɚ/ /ˈɹaɪvə/ /ˈɹaɪvɚ/

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

"Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods."

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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reservoir noun

/ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/ /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/

A place where anything is kept in store

"The school's water reservoir is used to store enough water for the entire student population. "

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

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flow noun

/fləʊ/ /floʊ/

A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts

"A large flow of students walked towards the school building after the lunch break. "

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create verb

/kɹiːˈeɪt/

To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

"You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red."

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water noun

/ˈwoːtə/ /ˈwɑtəɹ/ [woːʔɐ] [ˈwaːʈər] /ˈwoːtɘ/ /ˈwɔːtə/ /ˈwɔtəɹ/

A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

"By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."

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block noun

/blɒk/ /blɑk/

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

"a block of ice"