dike

1. n. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging. Source: opted

2. n. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. Source: opted

3. n. A wall of turf or stone. Source: opted

4. n. A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. Source: opted

5. v. t. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. Source: opted

6. v. t. To drain by a dike or ditch. Source: opted

7. v. i. To work as a ditcher; to dig. Source: opted

8. n. (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine Source: wordnet

9. n. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea Source: wordnet

10. v. enclose with a dike Source: wordnet

11. 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.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. 1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. 2. To drain by a dike or ditch. To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.] He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer. Source: webster

12. A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion ofigneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. Source: adambom

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