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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dike \Dike\, v. i.
   To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.]
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         He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dike \Dike\ (d[imac]), n. [OE. dic, dike, diche, ditch, AS.
   d[imac]c dike, ditch; akin to D. dijk dike, G. deich, and
   prob. teich pond, Icel. d[imac]ki 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.
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            Little channels or dikes cut to every bed. --Ray.
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   2. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
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            Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . .
            Shut out the turbulent tides.         --Longfellow.
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   3. A wall of turf or stone. [Scot.]
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   4. (Geol.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an
      intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures
      in the original strata.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dike \Dike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Diking.] [OE. diken, dichen, AS. d[imac]cian to dike. See
   Dike.]
   1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure
      with a bank.
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   2. To drain by a dike or ditch.
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Dike, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    944
   Housing Units (2000): 393
   Land area (2000):     1.304685 sq. miles (3.379118 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.304685 sq. miles (3.379118 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            21405
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             42.464706 N, 92.627688 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50624
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Dike, IA
    Dike

Thesaurus Results for dike,:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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