dyke

dyke ¹  (dk)

n. & v.

Variant of dike¹.

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dyke ²  (dk) also dike

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.

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[Origin unknown.]

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dykey adj.

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Dyke [dɑɪk]

n

(Biographies / Dyke, Greg(ory) (1947 M, British, FILMS AND TV: television executive) Greg(ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC from 2000

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dyke¹, dike [daɪk]

n

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc.

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a ditch or watercourse

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch

4. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Scot a wall, esp a dry-stone wall

5. a barrier or obstruction

6. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock

7. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Austral and NZ informal

a.  a lavatory

b.  (as modifier) a dyke roll

vb

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Civil engineering an embankment or wall built to confine a river to a particular course

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) (tr) to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke

[modification of Old English dic ditch; compare Old Norse dīki ditch]

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dyke², dike [daɪk]

n

Slang a lesbian

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dyke - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine butch, dike derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" gay woman, lesbian, tribade - a female homosexual
	2.	dyke - a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea dam, dike barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement milldam - dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill weir - a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
Verb	1.	dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water" dike inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

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dyke

noun wall, barrier, dam, enclosure, palisade I then slid down the side of the dyke.

Translations

dyke [daɪk] N

1. (= barrier) → dique m; (= channel) → canal m, acequia f; (= causeway) → calzada f; (= embankment) → terraplén m

2. (= lesbian) → tortillera f

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dyke [ˈdaɪk] n (= embankment) → digue f

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dyke, (US) dike

n

(= channel) → (Entwässerungs)graben m, → Kanal m

(= barrier) → Deich m, → Damm m; (= causeway) → Fahrdamm m

(sl: = lesbian) → Lesbe f (inf)

vt land → eindeichen; river → eindämmen

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dyke [daɪk] n

a. (barrier) → diga, argine m; (channel) → canale m di scolo; (causeway) → sentiero rialzato

b. (offensive) (lesbian) → lesbica

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dyke

n dyke, dike [daik]

an embankment built as a barrier against the sea etc. dyk سَد، حاجِز боядисвам hráz dige; dæmning der Deich ανάχωμα dique tamm, kaldavall آب بند؛ مانع pato digue סֶכֶר नहर nasip védőgát tanggul flóðgarður, stíflugarður diga 堤防 제방 pylimas dambis; aizsprosts daik dijk dike, demning tama, zapora dique дамба; плотина hrádza nasip nasip []vall เขื่อนกั้นน้ำ set, bent 溝，堤壩 дамба, гребля سمندری سیلاب کو روکنے کے لۓ باندھا گیا پشتہ con đê 沟，堤坝