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Dyke
Meaning
Noun
●
A long,
narrow
hollow
dug
from the
ground
to
serve
as a
boundary
marker.
●
A long,
narrow
hollow
dug
from the
ground
to
conduct
water.
●
Any
navigable
watercourse.
●
Any watercourse.
●
Any small body of water.
●
Any
hollow
dug into
the ground.
●
In Australian English:
A place to
urinate
and
defecate
: an
outhouse
or lavatory.
●
An
embankment
formed
by the
creation
of a ditch.
●
In Heraldry:
A
wall
, especially (obsolete outside
heraldry
) a
masoned
city
or
castle
wall
.
●
In Scottish English & Walls and fences:
A low
embankment
or
stone wall
serving
as an
enclosure
and
boundary
marker.
●
Any
fence
or hedge.
●
An
earthwork
raised
to
prevent
inundation
of low
land
by the
sea
or
flooding
rivers.
●
Any
impediment
,
barrier
, or difficulty.
●
A beaver's dam.
●
A
jetty
; a pier.
●
A
raised
causeway.
●
In Mining:
A
fissure
in a
rock
stratum
filled
with
intrusive
rock
; a fault.
●
In Geology:
A body of
rock
(usually
igneous
)
originally
filling
a
fissure
but now often
rising above
the
older
stratum
as it is
eroded
away.
🤬
A
lesbian
,
particularly
one with
masculine
or
butch
traits
or behavior.
🤬
In LGBT:
A
non-heterosexual
woman.
Verb
●
To
dig
,
particularly
to create a ditch.
●
To
surround
with a
ditch
, to entrench.
●
In Scottish English & Walls and fences:
To
surround
with a low
dirt
or
stone
wall.
●
To
raise
a
protective
earthwork
against a
sea
or river.
●
To
scour
a watercourse.
●
To
steep
[fibers] within a watercourse.
Name
●
A
village
in Lincolnshire, England.
●
A surname.
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Rhymes
Ike
Mic
Cyc
Tyke
Mike
Wike
Rike
Vike
Dyke
Sike
Mike
Like
Hike
Pike
Syke
Fike
Bike
Kike
Grike
Trike
Glike
Blike
Psych
Alike
Slike
Spike
Spike
Swike
Shrike
Scrike
Psyche
Unlike
Strike
Atslike
Dislike
Unalike
Restrike
Mania-Like
Schizophrenialike
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