dyke

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

dykesdike

1.
(UK)An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
2.
(Scotland, UK)(now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
3.
(UK)A raised causeway.
4.
(UK, historical)A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
5.
(UK, dialectal)(dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
6.
(UK, dialectal)(dialect) Any watercourse.
7.
(UK, dialectal)(dialect) Any small body of water.
8.
(UK)(geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
9.
(Australia, UK, slang)(now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
10.
(UK)An embankment formed by the spoil from the creation of a ditch.
11.
(UK, obsolete)Any hollow dug into the ground.
12.
(UK, historical)A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.

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verb

V_es/s

dykes

V_ing/Gerund

dyking

V_ed/pp

dykeddike

1.
(UK, intransitive, transitive)(transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
2.
(UK, transitive)To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
3.
(Scotland, UK, transitive)To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
4.
(UK, intransitive, transitive)(transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
5.
(UK, transitive)To scour a watercourse.
6.
(UK, transitive)To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.

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Đồng nghĩa

ditch trench fosse puddle pond poollakeletmeredencave hole pit bankembankmentearthwork dam levee breakwaterfloodwallseawall

Cùng gốc / liên quan

ditchdig

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro A variant of dike, from dik and dike (ditch), from Old Norse díki (ditch). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (ditch; dam) and dīk (dam). See also ditch.