ALL meanings of dyke
dyke
D d - noun dyke an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town. 1
- noun dyke a ditch. 1
- noun dyke a bank of earth formed of material being excavated. 1
- noun dyke a causeway. 1
- noun dyke British Dialect. a low wall or fence, especially of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land. 1
- noun dyke an obstacle; barrier. 1
- noun dyke Geology. a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock. a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone. 1
- noun dyke Australian Slang. a urinal. 1
- verb with object dyke to furnish or drain with a dike. 1
- verb with object dyke to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land. 1
- noun dyke A lesbian. 1
- noun dyke The terms dyke and bull dyke are used with disparaging intent and are perceived as insulting. However, they have been adopted as positive terms of self-reference by young or radical lesbians and in the academic community. In the mainstream homosexual community, gay and lesbian remain the terms of choice. 1
- countable noun dyke A dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea. 0
- countable noun dyke A dyke is a lesbian. 0
- noun dyke an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc 0
- noun dyke a ditch or watercourse 0
- noun dyke a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch 0
- noun dyke a wall, esp a dry-stone wall 0
- noun dyke a barrier or obstruction 0
- noun dyke a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock 0
- noun dyke a lavatory 0
- noun dyke (as modifier) 0
- verb dyke to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke 0
- noun dyke a lesbian 0
- noun dyke Greg(ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC (2000–04) 0
- abbreviation DYKE dike1 0
- noun dyke a lesbian, esp. one with physical characteristics traditionally thought of as belonging to men 0
- noun dyke Alternative spelling of dike. 0
- noun dyke (Slang) (Australia) A toilet. 0
- noun dyke (Britain) A ditch (rarely also refers to similar natural features, and to one natural valley, Devil's Dyke, Sussex, due to a legend that the devil dug it). 0
- noun dyke (Britain, mainly S England) An earthwork consisting of a ditch and a parallel rampart. 0
- noun dyke (Britain) An embankment to prevent inundation, or a causeway. 0
- noun dyke (Britain, mainly Scotland and N England) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, sometimes topped with hedge planting, or a hedge alone, used as a fence. 0
- noun dyke (Britain, mainly Scotland and N England) A dry-stone wall usually forming a boundary to a wood, field or garden. 0
- noun dyke (Britain, geology) A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes. 0
- noun dyke (Slang) (pejorative) A lesbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts in a macho manner. 0