Dike

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.