Dam (disambiguation)

The words dam and damn have very different meanings, but they are sometimes confused in spelling, particularly by foreigners.

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• A dam is a wall or other device to restrain water or some other liquid.
• To dam (verb) means to restrain liquid with a dam. It forms dammed etc.
• To damn means for God to punish someone, or use of this word for profane language. It forms damned etc.
• See Damnation (album) for the album by the Swedish band Opeth.
• See sire for use of dam to mean a female animal.
• dam is sometimes used as an abbreviation for dekametre.
• dAmn is deviantART's online chat system.
• See Dammit! for the album by the American band 311.