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/ˈdaɪ̯k/ · noun
An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers..
The king of Texcuco advised the building of a great dike, so thick and strong as to keep out the water.
Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation.
The Galloway Dyke / In southwest Scotland there is a local style of dry stone dyke that is now recognized as 'the Galloway dyke', although when this pattern of ^([sic]) was first developed, it was simply described as 'the sheep dyke'.'
Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava.
In Cubbaroo's dim distant past They built a double dyke. Back to back in the yard it stood An architectural dream in wood.
Inchbrakie gives for Arms, Or, a Dyke (or Wall) Feſsways, broke down in ſome places, and in Baſe a Roſe Gules, on a chief Sable three Eſcalops of the firſt. The Dyke (or Wall) here, is aſſumed not only to difference, but to perpetuate the valiant Action of Graham before mentioned; in throwing down the Wall and Ditch, which the Romans made betwixt Forth and Clyde, to keep out the Scots, [...]
Wall, (sometimes called a dyke, fr. mur) : this is generally found in connection with castles or towns which are walled (muraillé). A wall of which kind should be masoned (fr. maçonné) and embattled (fr. crenellé), even though this be not specified. [...] Or, a dyke [or wall] fesswise [masoned proper] broken down in some places gules; [...] —Graham, Inchbrakie, Scotland [similar arms borne by Græme of Stapleton].
The Galloway Dyke / In southwest Scotland there is a local style of dry stone dyke that is now recognized as 'the Galloway dyke', although when this pattern of was first developed, it was simply described as 'the sheep dyke'.'
Use dyke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dyke means An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers..
Common synonyms include ditch, trench, fosse, puddle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The king of Texcuco advised the building of a great dike, so thick and strong as to keep out the water.
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