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Noun dyke has 2 senses
  1. butch, dike, dyke - offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
    --1 is a kind of lesbian, tribade, gay woman
  2. dam, dike, dyke, levee - a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
    --2 is a kind of barrier
    --2 has particulars:
     Aswan High Dam, Aswan Dam, High Dam; Hoover Dam; milldam; weir
    Derived form: verb dyke1
,Verb dyke has 1 sense
  1. dike, dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"
    --1 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
    Derived form: noun dyke2
    Sample sentence:
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