dyke in English
- dyke⇄dyke (1), noun, verb, dyked,dyking.
(Especially British)
1. a bank of earth or a dam built as a defence against flooding by a river or the sea.
Ex. More than 5,000 years ago the Chinese were controlling the Yellow River floods with dyke - dyke⇄dyke (2), noun.
(Slang.) (generally used in an unfriendly way) a homosexual woman; Lesbian. Also, dike. - dyke⇄noun dyker.
- dyke⇄v.i. to dig or build dykes. Also, dike.
- dyke⇄v.t. 1. to provide with a dyke or dykes.
2. to drain with a ditch or channel for water.
3. (Scottish.) to enclose or divide (land) with dykes.