dyke

UK /daɪk/ US /daɪk/
noun 8verb 5name 4

Definitions

noun

1

A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.

2

A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.

3

Any navigable watercourse.

4

Any watercourse.

5

Any small body of water.

verb

1

To dig, particularly to create a ditch.

He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame.

2

To surround with a ditch, to entrench.

3

To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.

4

To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.

5

To scour a watercourse.

noun

1

A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.

2

A non-heterosexual woman.

3

A masculine woman.

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