[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dike \dike\, v. t. imp.  p. p. diked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   diking. oe. diken, dichen, as. dimaccian to dike. see
   dike.
   1. to surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure
      with a bank.
      1913 webster

   2. to drain by a dike or ditch.
      1913 webster
see also:
diked diking dike 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dike \dike\, v. i.
   to work as a ditcher; to dig. obs.
   1913 webster

         he would thresh and thereto dike and delve. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dike \dike\ dimac, n. oe. dic, dike, diche, ditch, as.
   dimacc dike, ditch; akin to d. dijk dike, g. deich, and
   prob. teich pond, icel. dimacki dike, ditch, dan. dige;
   perh. akin to gr. tei^chos for qei^chos wall, and even e.
   dough; or perh. to gr. ti^fos pool, marsh. cf. ditch.
   1. a ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
      1913 webster

            little channels or dikes cut to every bed. --ray.
      1913 webster

   2. an embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
      1913 webster

            dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . .
            shut out the turbulent tides.         --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   3. a wall of turf or stone. scot.
      1913 webster

   4. geol. a wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an
      intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures
      in the original strata.
      1913 webster
see also:
ditch 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dike
     n 1: offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
          syn: butch, dyke
     2: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
        keep out the sea syn: dam, dyke, levee
     v : enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from
         water" syn: dyke
see also:
butch dyke dam levee 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

346 moby thesaurus words for "dike":
   autobahn, us highway, abatis, abysm, abyss, advanced work, alley,
   alleyway, aqueduct, arch dam, arroyo, arterial, arterial highway,
   arterial street, artery, artificial lake, autoroute, autostrada,
   avenue, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette,
   bar, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade,
   barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bayou lake, bear-trap dam,
   beaver dam, belt highway, blind alley, boom, bore, boulevard,
   box canyon, breach, break, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall,
   buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, burrow, bypass, byway, camino real,
   canal, canalization, canalize, canyon, carriageway, carve,
   casemate, causeway, causey, cavity, chamfer, channel, chap, chasm,
   chaussee, check, cheval-de-frise, chimney, chink, chisel, chute,
   circumferential, circumvallation, cistern, cleft, cleuch, close,
   clough, cofferdam, col, contravallation, corduroy road, corrugate,
   coulee, couloir, counterscarp, country rock, county road, court,
   crack, cranny, crescent, crevasse, crevice, crimp, cul-de-sac,
   curtain, cut, cwm, dado, dam, dead water, dead-end street, defense,
   defile, dell, delve, demibastion, deposit, dig, dig out, dirt road,
   ditch, donga, draw, drawbridge, dredge, drill, drive, driveway,
   earthwork, embankment, enclosure, engrave, entanglement,
   entrenchment, escarp, escarpment, etang, excavate, excavation,
   expressway, farm pond, fault, fence, fieldwork, fishpond, fissure,
   flaw, flume, flute, fortalice, fortification, fosse, fracture,
   freeway, freshwater lake, furrow, gangue, gap, gape, gash, gate,
   glacial lake, glacis, goffer, gorge, gouge, gouge out, gravel road,
   gravity dam, groin, groove, grub, gulch, gulf, gully, gutter,
   ha-ha, highroad, highway, highways and byways, hole,
   hydraulic-fill dam, incise, incision, inland sea,
   interstate highway, iron curtain, jam, jetty, joint, kennel, kloof,
   lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, lane, leak,
   leaping weir, levee, linn, local road, loch, lode, lodestuff,
   logjam, loophole, lough, lower, lunette, machicolation, main drag,
   main road, mantelet, matrix, mere, merlon, mews, milldam, millpond,
   millpool, mine, mineral deposit, moat, mole, motorway, mound,
   notch, nullah, nyanza, opening, ore bed, outwork, oxbow lake,
   palisade, parados, parapet, parkway, pass, passage, pave,
   paved road, pay dirt, pike, place, plank road, plash, pleat, plow,
   pond, pondlet, pool, portcullis, postern gate, primary highway,
   private road, puddle, quarry, rabbet, rampart, ravelin, ravine,
   redan, redoubt, rent, reservoir, rifle, rift, right-of-way, rime,
   ring road, road, roadbed, roadblock, roadway, rock-fill dam,
   route nationale, row, royal road, rupture, rut, salina, sally port,
   salt pond, sap, scarp, scissure, sconce, scoop, scoop out, score,
   scrabble, scrape, scratch, seam, seawall, secondary road, shoot,
   shovel, shutter dam, sink, slit, slot, spade, speedway, split,
   stagnant water, standing water, state highway, still water, stock,
   stockade, stone wall, streak, street, striate, sump, sunk fence,
   superhighway, tank, tarn, tenaille, terrace, thoroughfare,
   through street, thruway, tidal pond, toll road, township road,
   trench, trough, tunnel, turnpike, vallation, valley, vallum, vein,
   void, volcanic lake, wadi, wall, water hole, water pocket, weir,
   well, wicket dam, work, wrinkle, wynd

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

dike vt. to remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a
   computer or a subroutine from a program. a standard slogan is "when in
   doubt, dike it out". the implication is that it is usually more
   effective to attack software problems by reducing complexity than by
   increasing it. the word `dikes' is widely used among mechanics and
   engineers to mean `diagonal cutters', esp. the heavy-duty metal-cutting
   version; it also refers to a kind of wire-cutters used by electronics
   techs. to `dike something out' means to use such cutters to remove
   something. indeed, the tmrc dictionary defined dike as "to attack with
   dikes". among hackers this term has been metaphorically extended to
   informational objects such as sections of code.

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

dike
     
        to remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a
        computer or a subroutine from a program.  a standard slogan is
        "when in doubt, dike it out".  the implication is that it is
        usually more effective to attack software problems by reducing
        complexity than by increasing it.  the word "dikes" is widely
        used among mechanics and engineers to mean "diagonal cutters",
        especially the heavy-duty metal-cutting version, but may also
        refer to a kind of wire-cutters used by electronics
        technicians.  to "dike something out" means to use such
        cutters to remove something.  indeed, the tmrc dictionary
        defined dike as "to attack with dikes".  among hackers this
        term has been metaphorically extended to informational objects
        such as sections of code.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
jargon file 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

dike, ia city, fips 21405
  location: 42.46310 n, 92.63014 w
  population 1990: 875 355 housing units
  area: 2.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 50624
dike, tx
  zip codes: 75437

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

dike, ia -- u.s. city in iowa
   population 2000:    944
   housing units 2000: 393
   land area 2000:     1.304685 sq. miles 3.379118 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.304685 sq. miles 3.379118 sq. km
   fips code:            21405
   located within:       iowa ia, fips 19
   location:             42.464706 n, 92.627688 w
   zip codes 1990:     50624
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    dike, ia
    dike

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