Dike

Quick meaning: Dike is a noun meaning US standard spelling of dyke.

Meaning

US standard spelling of dyke.

More Meanings

1. (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.
2. (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
3. Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
4. Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.

Example Sentences

In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.

Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.

In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.

Word Forms

• dikes
• diking
• diked

Synonyms for dike

Depending on context, synonyms include dapperling, macaroni, toff, barbermonger, blade, blood.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dyke, levee, dam, seawall, embankment, breakwater.

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