dike
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dike (plural dikes)
- (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
- 1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, →ISBN, page 52:
- 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.
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Verb edit
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
- (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
- 1996 September 27, Michael Miner, “WVON Won't Take the Bait”, in The Chicago Reader[1]:
- 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.
Etymology 2 edit
Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
Verb edit
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
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Noun edit
dike (plural dikes)
- Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
- Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
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- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".
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dike
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dike
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *dīkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (whence also English ditch).
Noun edit
dike n
- ditch; a small canal, for irrigation or drainage
- Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.
- He went off the road with (ditched) his new car.
Usage notes edit
- The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.
Declension edit
Declension of dike | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dike | diket | diken | dikena |
Genitive | dikes | dikets | dikens | dikenas |
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish dique, from Dutch dijk.
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Noun edit
dike (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒ)
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Further reading edit
- “dike”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018