Meaning Of Dike

n.

A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

n.

An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

n.

A wall of turf or stone.

n.

A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.

v. t.

To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

v. t.

To drain by a dike or ditch.

v. i.

To work as a ditcher; to dig.