dike
noun
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river.
diked
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past participleof dike.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dike.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dikenounan embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river.
Example Sentences
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The delta was once filled with vast tidal marshes but was dramatically altered as wetlands were diked, drained and converted to farmland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
Lands and waters that today are paved, dammed, diked, dredged, filled and industrialized beyond recognition are increasingly bereft of salmon, game, roots, berries, plants and medicines central to Native cultures.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
Among the dire conditions, some hope arises: In times of drought, work to restore diked shoreline and salt works back to tidal marsh and shallow ponds is paying off for birds.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 16, 2015
For the past 150 years, the marshy area where salmon bred and fed has been dried, diked and dammed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2014
The writer has observed this crust on such diked lands, having a thickness of an eighth of an inch.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
