"dike" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-dike.ogg Forms: dikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Head templates: {{en-noun}} dike (plural dikes)
  1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dyke (extra: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc) Categories (topical): Toilet (room), Walls and fences Derived forms: dikage, dikelet, diker, dikeside, fill-dike
    Sense id: en-dike-en-noun-OLdv7Qvi Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 23 20 21 5 14 17 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 24 16 20 5 19 16 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 22 9 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 20 23 5 17 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /daɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-dike.ogg Forms: dikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun}} dike (plural dikes)
  1. Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: deck (extra: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man) Categories (topical): Toilet (room), Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-dike-en-noun-RVyWbHgd Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 23 20 21 5 14 17 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 24 16 20 5 19 16 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 22 9 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 20 23 5 17 20
  2. (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress. Tags: US, dialectal, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Toilet (room), Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-dike-en-noun-ABgbGLUW Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 23 20 21 5 14 17 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 24 16 20 5 19 16 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 22 9 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 20 23 5 17 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 19 25 4 19 18
  3. Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dyke (extra: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian), Alternative form of deck (extra: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian)
    Sense id: en-dike-en-noun-vKDlzDG6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: out on a dike
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /daɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-dike.ogg Forms: dikes [present, singular, third-person], diking [participle, present], diked [participle, past], diked [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Head templates: {{en-verb}} dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
  1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dyke (extra: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc) Categories (topical): Toilet (room), Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-dike-en-verb-7qri~NSw Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 23 20 21 5 14 17 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 24 16 20 5 19 16 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 22 9 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 20 23 5 17 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /daɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-dike.ogg Forms: dikes [present, singular, third-person], diking [participle, present], diked [participle, past], diked [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{en-verb}} dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
  1. (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed. Tags: US, dialectal, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Toilet (room), Walls and fences Derived forms: diked out, diked up
    Sense id: en-dike-en-verb-oRNr7GAd Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 23 20 21 5 14 17 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 24 16 20 5 19 16 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 22 9 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 20 23 5 17 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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