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Word: Dyke
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (denoting a trench or ditch): from Old Norse dík, related to ditch. dyke (sense 1 of the noun) has been influenced by Middle Low German dīk ‘dam’ and Middle Dutch dijc ‘ditch, dam’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding
Short Definition:provide with a dyke to prevent flooding
Examples:- they dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer
- the fertility of those dyked lands was unrivalled
Variant Forms:
- dike
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