<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.</li><li>a ditch</li><li>a bank of earth formed of material being excavated</li><li>a causeway</li><li>(British Dialect) a low wall or fence, especially of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land</li><li>an obstacle; barrier</li><li>(Geology) a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock</li><li>a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone</li><li>(Australian Slang) a urinal</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>diked</li><li>to furnish or drain with a dike</li><li>to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land</li></ul>