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dyke 1  (dk)
n. & v.
Variant of dike1.

dyke 2  (dk) also dike
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.

[Origin unknown.]

dykey adj.

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

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]

dyke2, dike [daɪk]
n
Slang a lesbian
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dyke - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
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
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
Verb1.dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"
inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

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

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

dyke, (US) dike
n
(= channel)(Entwässerungs)graben m, → Kanal m
(= barrier)Deich m, → Damm m; (= causeway)Fahrdamm m
(sl: = lesbian) → Lesbe f (inf)
vt landeindeichen; rivereindämmen

dyke [daɪk] n
a. (barrier) → diga, argine m; (channel) → canale m di scolo; (causeway) → sentiero rialzato
b. (offensive) (lesbian) → lesbica

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


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From what we can make out, Van Dyke must have been a churchman.
If her uncle was turned out of house and home, and forced to lay down in a dyke, Mas'r Davy,' said Mr.
And the cardinal began to examine with the greatest attention the map of La Rochelle, which, as we have said, lay open on the desk, tracing with a pencil the line in which the famous dyke was to pass which, eighteen months later, shut up the port of the besieged city.
 
 
 
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