dyke

1. 1.

   enclose with a dike

   “dike the land to protect it from water”

   Synonymsdike

   Broaderenclose

Other forms of dyke

plural

dykes·

past tense

dyked·

present participle

dyking·

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 dyke

What does dyke mean?

dyke 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 dyke?

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

What is another word for dyke?

Close synonyms include butch, dike, dam, dike, dike. 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 dyke a common word?

dyke is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 dyke?

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