dike - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dike' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dike

[ n.]

- A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
- An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
- A wall of turf or stone.
- A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.

2 . Dike

[ v. i.]

- To work as a ditcher; to dig.

3 . Dike

[ v. t.]

- To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
- To drain by a dike or ditch.

Meaning of 'dike' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dike

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- enclose with a dike

Example in sentence:

dike the land to protect it from water

Nearby Words:

dika diked diker diking

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