dike

Word origin

From Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch.

Used in a sentence

• “In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.”

• ““The word ‘dikes’ is widely used to mean ‘diagonal cutters’, a kind of wire cutter.””

• ““They are most commonly referred to as wire cutters, side cutters, dikes or dykes within the US electrical industry […]””

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