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Dictionary Definition of diked
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dike [1] noun 1. an embankment for restraining the waters of the sea or a river. 2. a ditch. 3. a ridge or bank of earth as thrown up in excavating. 4. a causeway. 5. an obstacle; barrier. 6. Geology a tabular body of igneous rock which cuts across the structure of adjacent rocks or cuts massive rocks; formed by intrusion of magma. 7. Colloquial a lavatory. -- verb (t) ( diked, diking ) 8. to furnish or drain with a dike. 9. to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land. [ME, from Scandinavian; cf. Icel. dik, diki ditch; akin to DITCH ] -- diker, noun |
