dike

1. 1.

   enclose with a dike

   “dike the land to protect it from water”

   Synonymsdyke

   Broaderenclose

Other forms of dike

plural

dikes·

past tense

diked·

present participle

diking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dike

What does dike mean?

dike means "(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dike?

dike has 1 syllable: dike. In IPA it is /ˈdaɪk/.

What is another word for dike?

Close synonyms include butch, dyke, dam, dyke, dyke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dike a common word?

dike is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dike?

4 words rhyme with dike. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.