DIKE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈdīk

Definition of dike

as in dam

a bank of earth constructed to control water an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea

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as in ditch

a long narrow channel dug in the earth water flowed along the dike to the small pond

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verb

as in to fence

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Noun

More than 1 billion gallons of ash spilled into waterways and neighboring properties after a dike ruptured. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 This is absolutely elite stuff all around, a whirlwind of the Knicks finding the net opening and making the right play, and the Spurs scrambling like mad to plug each new hole in the dike before finally Wembanyama seals it with a block at the rim. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Verb

The decision was largely informed by alarmingly low salmon runs as a result of heavily dammed, diked and channeled streams struggling to maintain healthy flows in the face of droughts and warming summers. — oregonlive, 17 June 2023 In addition to the hundreds of thousands of acres of marshland that were drained or diked off, the researchers discovered former wetlands that now are forested that were unknown to anybody. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for dike

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Noun

However, dams severely disrupt aquatic ecosystems by blocking migratory paths to historic spawning grounds, fragmenting species populations, and trapping crucial nutrients.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Now, a lithium battery system about the size of a few shipping containers, installed at Kanengo outside Lilongwe, is doing much of what that lost dam used to do.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of dam

Noun

Lower courts had tossed out the last-ditch appeals to save Bruce by concluding the animal rescue lacked a concrete interest in the dog's survival sufficient to challenge the dangerousness finding by local authorities.

— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Arlington police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man after his car swerved off the road and ended up in a ditch Sunday afternoon.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditch

Noun

On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered at a volleyball court in Rocky Ripple, a town northwest of Indianapolis, with shovels and sandbags to help reinforce the town's levee, according to NPR Member Station WFYI.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
The cost may manifest in the next major flood, the next levee inspection, the next decision made by someone who has not yet seen what the system does at the margins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of levee

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Last night, Gerber continued her love affair with the do-everything, go-anywhere little black dress, wearing a knee-length slip beneath an oversized khaki trench.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Both sides have consequently dug legal and PR trenches to snipe at the other and rally endorsements.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of trench

Verb

Residents are asked to double bag vines and stakes, and place them at their door or gate for pick up by the county.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
As for the overhead bin concern, most airlines offer to gate check bags for free when bins fill up, so your luggage still arrives at your destination at no extra cost.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026

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The highway patrol’s video snippet ended with the man still holding the blades and ambling down an embankment to the highway while an officer pointed a gun at him.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Lemmon attempted to abort the takeoff, but the plane barreled through a fence and crossed a five-lane highway before finally coming to a halt on an embankment.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of embankment

Noun

But obviously with the right intent, which is how to serve artists and storm gutters the right way and create value.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Winds ripped gutters from cottages where staff members live during the school year and tore the face from a clock tower that has stood at the school since its founding more than a century ago.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

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