dike 1
— diker , n.
/duyk/ , n. , v. , diked, diking .
n.
1. an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
2. a ditch.
3. a bank of earth formed of material being excavated.
4. a causeway.
5. Brit. Dial. a low wall or fence, esp. of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land.
6. an obstacle; barrier.
7. Geol.
a. a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock.
b. a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone.
8. Chiefly Australian Slang. a urinal.
v.t.
9. to furnish or drain with a dike.
10. to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land.
Also, dyke .
[ bef. 900; ME dik ( e ), OE dic diki; akin to DITCH ]
dike 2
— dikey , adj.
/duyk/ , n. Slang ( often disparaging and offensive ).
dyke 2 .