Dike's
noun
1.
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.
2.
a ditch.
3.
a bank of earth formed of material being excavated.
4.
a causeway.
5.
British Dialect. a low wall or fence, especially of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land.
6.
an obstacle; barrier.
7.
Geology.
a.
a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock.
b.
a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone.
8.
Chiefly Australian Slang. a urinal.
verb (used with object)
9.
to furnish or drain with a dike.
10.
to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land.
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dyke or dike1 (daɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc |
| 2. | a ditch or watercourse |
| 3. | a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch |
| 4. | (Scot) a wall, esp a dry-stone wall |
| 5. | a barrier or obstruction |
| 6. | a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock |
| 7. | informal (Austral), (NZ) |
| a. a lavatory | |
| b. (as modifier): a dyke roll | |
| —vb | |
| 8. | civil engineering an embankment or wall built to confine a river to a particular course |
| 9. | (tr) to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke |
| [C13: modification of Old English dic ditch; compare Old Norse dīki ditch] | |
| dike or dike1 | |
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| —vb | |
| [C13: modification of Old English dic ditch; compare Old Norse dīki ditch] | |
| dyke or dike2 (daɪk) | |
| —n | |
| slang a lesbian | |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
| dike or dike2 | |
| —n | |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
dike
O.E. dic "trench, ditch," from P.Gmc. *dik- (cf. O.N. diki, Du. dijk, Ger. Deich), from PIE base *dheigw- "to pierce, fasten" (cf. Skt. dehi- "wall," O.Pers. dida "wall, stronghold, fortress," Pers. diz). At first "an excavation," later (1487) applied to the resulting earth mound; a sense development
paralleled by cognate forms in many other languages. This is the northern variant of the word, which in the south of England yielded ditch.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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