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

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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

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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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