1
civil engineering
: an artificial watercourse : ditch
2
civil engineering
a
: a bank (see bank entry 1 sense 1) usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : levee
b
: a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable
diked; diking
1
civil engineering
: to surround or protect with a dike (see dike entry 1)
2
civil engineering
: to drain by a dike
diker
noun
civil engineering
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Examples of dike in a Sentence
Noun (1)
an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea
water flowed along the dike to the small pond
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Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Most hunters walk the dikes bordering these waters and hope that the swans will fly low enough for pass-shooting.
—Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
oregonlive, 17 June 2023
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of acres of marshland that were drained or diked off, the researchers discovered former wetlands that now are forested that were unknown to anybody.
—Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019
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Noun
The ground nearby was inflated, indicating the presence of magma below, and now a swarm of earthquakes threatened to funnel the underground dike toward the village.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Most hunters walk the dikes bordering these waters and hope that the swans will fly low enough for pass-shooting.
—Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
The decision was largely informed by alarmingly low salmon runs as a result of heavily dammed, diked and channeled streams struggling to maintain healthy flows in the face of droughts and warming summers.
—oregonlive, 17 June 2023
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of acres of marshland that were drained or diked off, the researchers discovered former wetlands that now are forested that were unknown to anybody.
—Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019
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“Dike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dike. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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dike
2 of 2 verb
diked; diking
1
: to surround or protect with a dike
2
: to drain by a dike
diker
noun
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