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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In the early 1900s, this land was diked and drained to create farmland.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
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
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
We have probably diked off too much of the river's active flood plain; in many cases close to 90 percent of the historic flood plain.
From Scientific American ● May 13, 2011
How comes it that you are all diked up in yoah white clothes so early in the season?
From Mary Ware's Promised Land by John Goss
