1
civil engineering
: an artificial watercourse : ditch
2
civil engineering
a
: a bank (see bank entry 1 sense 1) usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : levee
b
: a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable
diked; diking
1
civil engineering
: to surround or protect with a dike (see dike entry 1)
2
civil engineering
: to drain by a dike
diker
noun
civil engineering
Examples of dike in a Sentence
Noun (1)
an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea
water flowed along the dike to the small pond
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
Park staff partially opened the valve in July after heavy rain caused water levels to overflow the dike, raising erosion concerns.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The decision was largely informed by alarmingly low salmon runs as a result of heavily dammed, diked and channeled streams struggling to maintain healthy flows in the face of droughts and warming summers.
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Noun
The restoration project tears down old dikes, letting nature reclaim what industry once took.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
Park staff partially opened the valve in July after heavy rain caused water levels to overflow the dike, raising erosion concerns.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Some areas of the estuary are diked to allow for farming, which means water no longer flows in or out with the tides.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The decision was largely informed by alarmingly low salmon runs as a result of heavily dammed, diked and channeled streams struggling to maintain healthy flows in the face of droughts and warming summers.
—oregonlive, 17 June 2023
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“Dike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dike. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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dike
2 of 2 verb
diked; diking
1
: to surround or protect with a dike
2
: to drain by a dike
diker
noun
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