Definition of dike Dike

/dajˈk/ - [dayk] - Di•ke

We found 20 definitions of dike from 8 different sources.

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What does dike mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

dikes, diking, diked  

dike - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"
  dyke
  shut in, close in, inclose, enclose advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • dike (Noun)
    The northern English form of ditch.
  • dike (Noun)
    A ditch and bank running alongside each other.
  • dike (Noun)
    A barrier of stone or earth used to hold back water and prevent flooding.
  • dike (Noun)
    A lesbian, especially a manly or unattractive lesbian.
  • dike (Noun)
    A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes.
  • dike (Verb)
    To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
  • dike (Verb)
    To drain by a dike or ditch.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • dike (n.)
    A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
  • dike (n.)
    An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
  • dike (n.)
    A wall of turf or stone.
  • dike (n.)
    A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
  • dike (v. t.)
    To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
  • dike (v. t.)
    To drain by a dike or ditch.
  • dike (v. i.)
    To work as a ditcher; to dig.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • dike
    dīk, n. a trench, or the earth dug out and thrown up: a ditch: a mound raised to prevent inundation: in Scotland, a wall (Dry-stane dike, a wall without mortar; Fail-dike, a wall of turf), sometimes even a thorn-hedge: (geol.) a wall-like mass of igneous rock in the fissures of stratified rocks.—v.t. to surround with a dike or bank. [A.S. díc; Dut. dijk, Ger. teich, a pond; perh. conn. with Gr. teichos, a wall or rampart. See Dig, Ditch.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • dike
    See DYKE.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • dike
    A channel to receive water; also a dam or mound, to prevent inundation. Dikes differ from sluices; the former being intended only to oppose the flowing of other water into a river, or to confine the stream by means of strong walls, pieces of timber, or a double row of hurdles, the intervals of which are filled with earth, stones, or pebbles.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • goddess
    Dike is the Greek goddess of moral justice.

Part of speech

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  • dike, verb, present, 1st person singular of dike (infinitive).
  • dike, verb (infinitive).
  • dike, noun, singular of dikes.

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