[dʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea

- a ditch or watercourse

- an intrusion of igneous rock cutting across existing strata

- a toilet


Phrases:
- put one's finger in the dyke

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a trench or ditch): from Old Norse dík, related to ditch. dyke has been influenced by Middle Low German dīk ‘dam’ and Middle Dutch dijc ‘ditch, dam’

[dʌɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding
(e.g: they dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer)


Phrases:
- put one's finger in the dyke

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a trench or ditch): from Old Norse dík, related to ditch. dyke has been influenced by Middle Low German dīk ‘dam’ and Middle Dutch dijc ‘ditch, dam’

[dʌɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a lesbian


Phrases:

Origin:
1930s: origin uncertain: probably from bull dyke