dike
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
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:
- 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.
- 2001 November 16, Karen F. Schmidt, "Ecology: A True-Blue Vision for the Danube" in Science, Vol. 294, No. 5546, pp. 1444-1447:
- In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.
- 1996 September 27, Michael Miner, "WVON Won't Take the Bait" in The Chicago Reader:
Etymology 2
Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
Verb
dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)
Derived terms
- diked out
- diked up
Noun
dike (plural dikes)
- (US dialectal slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- (US dialectal slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
Derived terms
- out on a dike
Etymology 3
See dyke
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
- Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".
Esperanto
Lindu
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *dīkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (whence also English ditch).
Noun
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 notes
- The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.
Declension
Declension of dike | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dike | diket | diken | dikena |
Genitive | dikes | dikets | dikens | dikenas |
Related terms
- dika
- dika ut
- dikesgrävning
- dikeskant
- dikeskörning
- dikesren
- dikning
- köra i diket
- täckdike
- utdikning
References
- dike in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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