Usually means: Wall constructed to hold back water.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. dike: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dike, dike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dike, dike: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dike: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dike: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dike, dike: Wordnik
  7. dike: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Dike, dike: Wiktionary
  9. dike: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dike (dyke): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dike: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dike: Dictionary.com
  13. dike: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dike: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dike (construction), Dike (geology), Dike (goddess), Dike (mythology), Dike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Dike: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. dike: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. dike: Rhymezone
  19. Dike: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. dike: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. dike: Free Dictionary
  22. dike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. dike: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dike: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Dike (Greek religion and mythology), Dike (philosophy), dike: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DIKE: Acronym Finder

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. dike: Dictionary of Geology
  4. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dike, dike, dike, dike: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dike: Gems and Precious Stones
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Dike: Dictionary of Military Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.
noun:  (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
noun:  A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
noun:  (Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
noun:  (astronomy) 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
noun:  (poetic) justice, order and judgement.
noun:  (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc. [(historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.]
verb:  (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc. [(transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.]
noun:  Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man. [Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.]
noun:  Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian. [(historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.]

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