dike
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
dike (plural dikes)
- (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
Verb[edit]
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
- (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
- 1996 September 27, Michael Miner, “WVON Won't Take the Bait”, in The Chicago Reader[1]:
- Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.
- {quote-book|en|date=2001 November 16, Karen F. Schmidt|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/294/5546/1444%7Cdoi=10.1126/science.294.5546.1444%7Ctitle=Ecology: A True-Blue Vision for the Danube|work=Science|volume=294|issue=5546|pages=1444-1447|text=In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.}}
Etymology 2[edit]
Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
Verb[edit]
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
dike (plural dikes)
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See dyke.
Noun[edit]
dike (plural dikes)
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
dike
Lindu[edit]
Noun[edit]
dike
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *dīkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (whence also English ditch).
Noun[edit]
dike n
- ditch; a small canal, for irrigation or drainage
- Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.
- He went off the road with (ditched) his new car.
- Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.
Usage notes[edit]
- The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.
Declension[edit]
Declension of dike | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dike | diket | diken | dikena |
Genitive | dikes | dikets | dikens | dikenas |
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish dique, from Dutch dijk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dike
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “dike” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
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