dike
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Alternative spelling of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
- Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
- Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
Verb
- Alternative spelling of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
- To be well dressed.
Proper noun
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
- The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
- 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
- justice, order and judgement.
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