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dams

/dæmz/

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noun

Represas

Examples :

"A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country."

Una represa es a menudo una fuente esencial de agua para los agricultores de las zonas montañosas.

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noun

Embalse

The water reservoir resulting from placing such structure.

Examples :

"Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam."

Los botes solo se pueden usar en los lugares designados para navegar en el embalse.

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noun

Dique dental

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

Examples :

"The dentist used dams to keep my teeth dry while filling the cavity. "

El dentista usó un dique dental para mantener mis dientes secos mientras rellenaba la cavidad.

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noun

Presa, embalse

Examples :

"The river's dams created a large lake, providing water for the nearby town. "

Las presas del río crearon un gran lago, que proporcionó agua a la ciudad cercana.

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noun

Pared de ladrillo refractario, muro del hogar

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

Examples :

"The aging blast furnace needed new dams to contain the intense heat and molten metal. "

El antiguo alto horno necesitaba nuevas paredes de ladrillo refractario para contener el intenso calor y el metal fundido.

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verb

Represar, embalsar

To block the flow of water.

Examples :

"The construction crew dams the river temporarily to build the new bridge. "

El equipo de construcción represa temporalmente el río para construir el nuevo puente.

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Madre, hembra

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

Examples :

"The farmer carefully tracked the breeding history of his cows, noting which dams produced the most milk. "

El granjero rastreó cuidadosamente la historia de cría de sus vacas, anotando qué madres producían más leche.

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noun

Dama

A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Examples :

"After a tense exchange of pieces, Maria finally succeeded in crowning one of her checkers, creating dams that would be very difficult for her opponent to stop. "

Después de un tenso intercambio de piezas, María finalmente logró coronar una de sus fichas, creando damas que serían muy difíciles de detener para su oponente.

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Una moneda de cobre india obsoleta, equivalente a la cuadragésima parte de una rupia

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

Examples :

"My grandmother's collection included several rare dams, a type of old Indian copper coin. "

La colección de mi abuela incluía varios dams raros, un tipo de antigua moneda de cobre india.

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Dams

A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.

Examples :

""In Nepal, old shopkeepers sometimes count out small transactions using dams, remembering when 128 dams equaled a mohar." "

En Nepal, los antiguos tenderos a veces cuentan pequeñas transacciones usando dams, recordando cuando 128 dams equivalían a un mohar.

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