Damming

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feminine noun (action)

Definition

The act of damming or restraining and its result; the archaic or regional operation of stopping, dyking, or barring a watercourse using sluice gates or levees; figuratively, it represents the action of curbing, withholding, or calming a violent urge or a flow of emotional states.

Bilingual Equivalents

  • Damming
  • Curbing

Grammatical & Source Details

Inflection Type Feminine noun, with regular structural plural variations and standard genitive inflection.
Formation Deverbal noun derived from the verb base 'astăvi' using the standard functional suffix '-re'.
Spelling / Pronunciation [as.tə.ˈvi.re]
Source Archive of Historical Romanian Morphosyntax and Folk Dialects

Contextual Usage Examples

RO: O astăvire rapidă a pârâului umflat de ploi a salvat morile de apă din josul satului.

EN: A rapid damming of the rain-swollen creek saved the watermills down the village.

RO: Cronicarul laudă în scrierile sale acea astăvire a poftelor trupești de către pustnicii din munți.

EN: The chronicler praises in his writings that restraining of carnal desires by the mountain hermits.

RO: Măsurile luate de boieri nu au reușit să aducă o astăvire a revoltei țărănești răspândite în tot ținutul.

EN: The measures taken by the boyars failed to bring a containment of the peasant revolt spread throughout the land.

Idioms & Phrases

Astăvire de șuvoaie / Stemming of torrents

RO: Muncă fizică de urgență organizată de săteni pentru blocarea apelor scurse violent de pe versanți.

EN: Emergency physical labor organized by villagers to block waters violently draining down the slopes.

Fără astăvire / Without restraint / Unchecked

RO: Locuțiune adverbială arhaică ce indică o acțiune desfășurată în mod liber, violent sau de neoprit.

EN: An archaic adverbial phrase indicating an action carried out freely, violently, or unstoppably.

Plan de astăvire / Containment strategy

RO: Sens figurat istoric pentru măsurile luate de o autoritate spre a opri răspândirea unei epidemii ori a unei răzvrătiri.

EN: A historical figurative sense for measures taken by an authority to stop the spread of an epidemic or a rebellion.

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