Word Meaning

dike definition and meaning

n. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
n. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
n. A wall of turf or stone.
n. A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
v. t. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
v. t. To drain by a dike or ditch.
v. i. To work as a ditcher; to dig.