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dyke

/daɪk/

Traduzioni

dykenoun

dykes

/daɪk/

дамба

The dyke was built to prevent flooding.

Дамба была построена, чтобы предотвратить наводнение.

канал

The water flowed through the dyke into the fields.

Вода текла через канал на поля.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

Sinonimi

dykeverb

dyked

Past Simple

dyked

Past Participle

dyking

Gerund

/daɪk/

Sinonimi

shore (up)

wall (up)

levee (verb)

bank (up)

embank

dam

dykeadjective

Attributive use of the noun (e.g., “dyke wall”)

Sinonimi

stone butch

Definizioni

dykenoun

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea or a river.

The dyke was constructed to protect the town from the rising sea levels.

A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea.

Farmers built a dyke to prevent the river from flooding their fields.

A geological formation consisting of a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body.

The geologist studied the dyke to understand the volcanic activity in the region.

(slang, often offensive) A lesbian, especially one perceived as masculine or tough.

Some activists have reclaimed the word "dyke" and use it with pride.

A ditch or trench dug for drainage or irrigation, especially in Scottish or Northern English usage.

Water collected in the narrow dyke that bordered the pasture.

dykeverb

To build, fortify, or protect with a dyke or dykes.

The low-lying fields were dyked to keep out the spring floods.

dykeadjective

Relating to, involving, or functioning as a dyke.

Dyke maintenance crews inspected the structure after the storm.