impoundment
Forced water retention
Impoundment is the act of seizing and holding something in legal custody.
Authorities impound vehicles for parking violations or as evidence; animal control impounds stray dogs.
The term also applies to water: an impoundment is a body of water created by a dam or barrier, or the act of creating one.
The impoundment of his car cost him three hundred dollars to retrieve.
Seizure by authority
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- custodyProtective care or control
- detentionTemporary official holding
garnishment · attachment · sequestration · lien · levy · distraint · replevin · expropriation
Large water storage basin
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
embankment · floodgate · turbine · sluice · penstock · weir · dike · tailwater
Weight, strike, or kennel
- kennelEnclosure for hounds
- shelterProtected place or structure
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- penInk-filled writing tool
corral · stray · capture · holding · quarantine · cage · paddock · stockyard
Enclosed body of freshwater
- pondSmall still body
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
riparian · freshwater · aquifer · hydrology · inundation · sedimentation · eutrophication · limnology
Pull something behind
- parking violationIllegal vehicle placement citation
- citationMention of a source
- bootHigh shoe or startup
- abandonedLeft behind completely
traffic enforcement · retrieval · lien · auction · unclaimed · police · municipal · private property
confiscation
Seizure by authority
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- custodyProtective care or control
detention · garnishment · attachment · sequestration · lien · levy · distraint · replevin · expropriation · repossession
reservoir
Large water storage basin
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- spillwayDam's water release structure
levee · embankment · floodgate · turbine · sluice · penstock · weir · dike · tailwater · headwater
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
pen · corral · stray · capture · holding · quarantine · cage · paddock · stockyard · livestock
lake
Enclosed body of freshwater
- pondSmall still body
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
wetland · riparian · freshwater · aquifer · hydrology · inundation · sedimentation · eutrophication · limnology · fluvial
tow
Pull something behind
- parking violationIllegal vehicle placement citation
- citationMention of a source
- bootHigh shoe or startup
abandoned · traffic enforcement · retrieval · lien · auction · unclaimed · police · municipal · private property
- ReservoirLake Mead, Lake Powell, man-made lake, artificial lake, retention pond
- water storagereservoir, cistern, cisterns, water tank, water reservoir
- animal lawsanimal protection, dog fighting, bullfighting, dog warden, quarantine laws
- canalsGrand Canal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, canal boat
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, fines, enforcement agencies, penalties
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
impoundmentrelease
To let go
return · restoration · liberation · restitution · retrieval
impoundmentrelease
To let go
liberation · freedom · redemption · reclamation · emancipation