redam
English
Etymology
Verb
redam (third-person singular simple present redams, present participle redamming, simple past and past participle redammed)
- (transitive) To dam again.
- 1994, Ruth Patrick, Rivers of the United States, Estuaries, page 138:
- The next series of high tides or large waves will tend to rebuild the berm and redam the stream. Ultimately, increased runoff due to fall or winter rains will raise the stream level to the point where it breaks through.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
redam
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of redar
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay redam (“faint”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rəˈdam/ [rəˈdam]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: re‧dam
Adjective
redam (comparative lebih redam, superlative paling redam)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Malay redam (“crushed”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rəˈdam/ [rəˈdam]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: re‧dam
Adjective
redam (comparative lebih redam, superlative paling redam)
Hyponyms
- redam padam
Derived terms
- meredam
- meredamkan
Further reading
- “redam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Portuguese
Verb
redam
- third-person plural present indicative of redar