Dam
Dam verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
Usage example: ice floes were damming the river
Fill
Fill verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Usage example: before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Massa Stubb say dat you can fill your dam bellies up to de hatchings, but by Gor!
Source: Literature / Moby-Dick -
The valley itself is a larger example; one of the vultures describes it as a bowl that will fill with water when the ice dam breaks.
Source: Drowning Pit
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