Dike
- Proper noun. (surname, topographic) for someone living near a dike.
- Proper noun. (historical, and) The goddess personifying the principle of justice.
- Noun. (British) The northern English form of ditch.
- Noun. A ditch and bank running alongside each other.
- Noun. A barrier of stone or earth used to hold back water and prevent flooding.
- Noun. (pejorative) A lesbian, especially a manly or unattractive lesbian.
- Noun. (geology) A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes.
- Verb. To erect a dike.
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