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    [Noun]  | "dike" | \ ˈdīk \


    1: an artificial watercourse : ditch

    2: a bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : levee

    3: a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, probably from Old Norse dīk ditch and Middle Low German dīk dam; akin to Old English dīc ditch {mat|ditch|};

    [Noun]  | "dike" 


    1: lesbian

    [Noun]  | "dyke" | \ ˈdīk \


    1: lesbian

    Origin: 1931 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Verb]  | "dike" 


    1: to surround or protect with a dike

    2: to drain by a dike

    Origin: 14th century ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "dike" 


    1: as in fence, gate;



    [Noun]  | "dike" 


    1: a bank of earth constructed to control water;


      * e.g., " ... an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea "



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    2: a long narrow channel dug in the earth;


      * e.g., " ... water flowed along the dike to the small pond "



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