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dike
1[ dahyk ]
noun
- an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
- a ditch.
- a bank of earth formed of material being excavated.
- a causeway.
- British Dialect. a low wall or fence, especially of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land.
- an obstacle; barrier.
- Geology.
- a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock.
- a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone.
- Australian Slang. a urinal.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish or drain with a dike.
- to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike:
to dike a tract of land.
dike
2[ dahyk ]
noun
dike
/ dīk /
- A body of igneous rock that cuts across the structure of adjoining rock, usually as a result of the intrusion of magma. Dikes are often of a different composition from the rock they cut across. They are usually on the order of centimeters to meters across and up to tens of kilometers long.
- See illustration at batholith
- An embankment of earth and rock built to prevent floods or to hold irrigation water in for agricultural purposes.
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- diker noun
- un·diked adjective
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Example Sentences
A whole population of 11 million with every iron in the fire doubling as a finger in a dike.
The GOP, meanwhile, paints itself as sticking a finger in the dike of massive Obama spending.
It's a sort of finger in the dike approach with no clear vision, but maybe no one has a clear vision.
When riding or walking along upon such a dike on one side, down a long slope, they have a glimpse of water between the trees.
The dike was very regular in its form, and it was ornamented with two rows of trees along the top of it.
The dike was very broad, and the descent from it to the low land on each side was very gradual.
They had a delightful drive back, going as they came, on the top of the great sea dike.
The passengers that came in the ferry boat divided into two parties, as they came down the dike.
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