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Dike

//daɪk// name, noun, verb, slang

Proper Noun

1
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
2
The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia. Greek
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99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
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justice, order and judgement. poetic

Noun

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Alternative spelling of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc. US, alt-of, alternative
"In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces."
2
Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man. alt-of, alternative
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a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea wordnet
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Formalwear or other fashionable dress. US, dialectal, obsolete, slang
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(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine wordnet

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Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian. alt-of, alternative

Verb

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Alternative spelling of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc. US, alt-of, alternative
"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."
2
To be well dressed. US, dialectal, obsolete, slang
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enclose with a dike wordnet

Etymology 1

Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.

Etymology 2

Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.

Etymology 3

From Middle English (see the noun dike). Compare Dyke.

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek Δίκη (Díkē, literally “Justice; Order; Judgement”).

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