A dike is a structure made of earth or stone that's used to hold back water. If you visit the Netherlands, you can see their elaborate system of dikes, without which much of the country would be underwater.
A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
Noun
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Noun
offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
Verb
enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"
n.
A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
n.
An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
n.
A wall of turf or stone.
n.
A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of
igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
v. t.
To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure
with a bank.
v. t.
To drain by a dike or ditch.
v. i.
To work as a ditcher; to dig.
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Little channels or dikes cut to every bed.2.
Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . . Shut out the turbulent tides.3.
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He would thresh and thereto dike and delve.
A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
To work as a ditcher; to dig.
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