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View usage for: (daɪk) Word forms: plural dykeslanguage note: The spelling dike is also used, especially for meaning [sense 1].1. countable nounA dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea. Synonyms: wall, barrier, dam, enclosure More Synonyms of dyke 2. countable nounDyke is an insulting word for a lesbian. [informal, offensive] dyke in British English 1 or dike (daɪk) noun1. an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc 2. a ditch or watercourse 3. a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch 4. Scottish a wall, esp a dry-stone wall 5. a barrier or obstruction 6. a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock 7. Australian and New Zealand informalb. (as modifier) a dyke roll verb8. (transitive) to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke Word origin C13: modification of Old English dic ditch; compare Old Norse dīki ditch dyke in British English 2 or dike (daɪk) noun offensive, slang a lesbian Word origin C20: of unknown origin lesbian in British English 2 (ˈlɛzbɪən) adjective2. of or characteristic of lesbians (daɪk) noun Greg(ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC (2000–04) dyke in American English 1 (daɪk) dyke in American English 2 (daɪk) noun Slang a lesbian, esp. one with physical characteristics traditionally thought of as belonging to men usually a term of contempt and hostility Derived forms dykey (ˈdykey) adjective Word origin contr. < morphodyke, morphodite, altered < hermaphrodite Synonyms of 'dyke'wall, barrier, dam, enclosure More Synonyms of dyke Definition a wall built to prevent flooding I then slid down the side of the dyke. Additional synonymsDefinition anything that blocks a way or separates, such as a gate The demonstrators broke through the heavy police barriers. Synonyms barricade, wall, bar, block, railing, fence, pale, boundary, obstacle, ditch, blockade, obstruction, rampart, bulwark, palisade, stockade Definition a barrier built across a river to create a lake They went ahead with plans to build a dam across the river. Synonyms barrier, wall, barrage, obstruction, embankment, hindranceDefinition a fence made of stakes driven into the ground a stout wooden palisade enclosing the yard Synonyms fence, defence, paling, enclosure, bulwark, stockade - dye
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