dam up meaning

• Verb: dam up
  1. Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
     - dam

  Derived forms: dammed up, dams up

  Type of: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

• dam sth up:    [American slang]to ...
• dam:    Noun: dam &nb ...
• air dam:     noun  O ...

Examples

1. "he dams up the streams from flowing, and what is hidden he brings out to the light
2. They had a dam up top that they could let water through.
3. Firefighters began to dam up the area, said Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly.
4. Beavers dam up water for safety and transportation.
5. It dams up the Gottleuba ( ) river.