Dike

·noun A wall of turf or stone.

II. Dike ·vt To drain by a dike or ditch.

III. Dike ·noun A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

IV. Dike ·noun An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

V. Dike ·vi To work as a ditcher; to Dig.

VI. Dike ·vt To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

VII. Dike ·noun A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.