dike
EnglishEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
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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VerbEdit
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 2Edit
Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
VerbEdit
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
dike (plural dikes)
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
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Etymology 3Edit
See dyke.
NounEdit
dike (plural dikes)
ReferencesEdit
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".
AnagramsEdit
EsperantoEdit
AdverbEdit
dike
LinduEdit
NounEdit
dike
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *dīkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (whence also English ditch).
NounEdit
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.
- Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.
Usage notesEdit
- The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dike | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dike | diket | diken | dikena |
Genitive | dikes | dikets | dikens | dikenas |
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TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish dique, from Dutch dijk.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dike
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “dike”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018