dike

n. (dī)

[OE. dic, dike, diche, ditch, AS. dīc dike, ditch; akin to D. dijk dike, G. deich, and prob. teich pond, Icel. dīki dike, ditch, Dan. dige; perh. akin to Gr. tei^chos (for qei^chos) wall, and even E. dough; or perh. to Gr. ti^fos pool, marsh. Cf. Ditch.]

1. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

Little channels or dikes cut to every bed.

Ray.

2. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . .
Shut out the turbulent tides.

Longfellow.

3. A wall of turf or stone. [Scot.]

4. (Geol.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.

Dike
v. t.

[imp. & p. p. Diked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Diking.]
[OE. diken, dichen, AS. dīcian to dike. See Dike.]

1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

2. To drain by a dike or ditch.

Dike
v. i.

To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.]

He would thresh and thereto dike and delve.

Chaucer.

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dyke

A vertical or semi-vertical wall-like igneous intrusion which is discordant, that is, it cuts across the bedding planes of a rock. Dikes often form in swarms. Ring dikes are a concentric series of vertical circular sheets around a central intrusion. They appear to have been formed through repeated subsidence of the cauldron.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
  Synonyms: butch, dyke

Meaning #2: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  Synonyms: dam, dyke, levee

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The verb dike has one meaning:

Meaning #1: enclose with a dike
  Synonym: dyke

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - dige, grøft, vandløb, vej på dæmning, barriere, toilet
v. tr. - inddige, befæste

2.
n. - [sl.] lesbisk kvinde

Nederlands (Dutch)
dijk, lesbienne, be-/ indijken, indammen

Français (French)
1.
n. - fossé, digue, (Géol) remblai
v. tr. - endiguer

2.
n. - gouine (arg, injur)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Deich, Damm, Graben, Barrikade
v. - eindeichen, eindämmen

2.
n. - (Sl) schwule Tante

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προστατεύω με τάφρο ή πρόχωμα
n. - (οικοδ.) τάφρος, χαντάκι, ανάχωμα, (καθομ.) ενεργητική λεσβία (κν. τζιβιτζιλού)

Italiano (Italian)
arginare, argine, lesbica (volg.)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - represar, canalizar
n. - dique (m), barragem (f)

Русский (Russian)
окапывать рвом, дамба, лесбиянка

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - dique, represa
v. tr. - represar con diques

2.
n. - lesbiana

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dika
n. - dike, damm, fördämning, strandvall

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 堤, 坝, 筑堤提防

2. 沟, 壕沟

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 堤, 壩
v. tr. - 築堤提防

2.
n. - 溝, 壕溝

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 제방, 장애, 돌담
v. tr. - ~에 도랑을 파서 배수하다, ~에 둑을 쌓다

2.
n. - 여성 동성애자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 溝, 防壁
v. - 堤防で防ぐ, 溝を設けて排水する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصون أرض من المياه بعمل قناة, يطوق أرض بقناة (الاسم) قناة لجعل المياه تتدفق بعيدا عن أرض, سد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תעלה, סוללה, דייק‬
v. tr. - ‮הקים סוללה‬
n. - ‮לסבית (מדוברת)‬

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