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DIKE
dam, dike, dyke
(noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
butch, dike, dyke
(noun) (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
dike, dyke
(verb) enclose with a dike; “dike the land to protect it from water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
(chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
Verb
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
(chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
Etymology 2
Verb
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
(US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
(US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
(US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
Etymology 3
See dyke.
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
Alternative form of dyke: a masculine woman; a lesbian.
Anagrams
• IDEK
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Dike
A topographic surname for someone living near a dike.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Dike
(Greek god) The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
(astronomy) 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
(poetic) justice, order and judgement.
Coordinate terms
• (Horae): Thallo (Spring), Auxo (Summer), Carpo (Autumn), Eirene (Peace), Eunomia (Order of Law)
• Dike Astraea, Lady Justice, Astraea
Antonyms
• Adikia
Anagrams
• IDEK
Source: Wiktionary
Dike, n. Etym: [OE. dic, dike, diche, ditch, AS. d dike, ditch; akin to D. dijk dike, G. deich, and prob. teich pond, Icel. d dike, ditch, Dan. dige; perh. akin to Gr. dough; or perh. to Gr. Ditch.]
1. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging. Little channels or dikes cut to every bed. Ray.
2. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . . Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow.
3. A wall of turf or stone. [Scot.]
4. (Geol.)
Definition: 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. [imp. & p. p. Diked; p. pr. & vb. n. Diking.] Etym: [OE. diken, dichen, AS. dician to dike. See Dike.]
1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
2. To drain by a dike or ditch.
Dike, v. i.
Definition: To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.] He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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