Antonyms for damming

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dam

Phonetic Transcription : dæm

Definition of damming

Origin : late 15c., from dam (n.1). Related: Dammed; damming.

verb hold back; block

Example sentences :

Yes, gentlemen, I stand for locking and damming the Kentucky river!
Extract from : « Shawn of Skarrow » by James Tandy Ellis

Ofttimes he drew his sleeve across his face, but there was no damming that trickle.
Extract from : « Peter and Wendy » by James Matthew Barrie

Beaver commonly fill their ponds by damming a brook or a river.
Extract from : « The Spell of the Rockies » by Enos A. Mills

In 48 many cases they are due to the damming up of a stream.
Extract from : « The Story of the Hills » by H. N. Hutchinson

Then, damming up the old channel, he let the stream run into the new.
Extract from : « Gods and Heroes » by R. E. Francillon

We have already seen what the conditions are that cause this damming up of energy.
Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth

They are not Damming it as we formerly did, but with good solid masonry.
Extract from : « Vanished Arizona » by Martha Summerhayes

He had to blast a channel to keep the little stream from damming up on him.
Extract from : « Little Fuzzy » by Henry Beam Piper

High up in the hills he made a large lake by damming a stream.
Extract from : « The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle » by Hugh Lofting

By going a distance below, and damming up the stream, a sufficient depth of water was got to float the canoes.
Extract from : « Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Synonyms for damming

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