dike
noun
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river.
dikes
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present tense formof dike (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Scholz landed in the morning in the town of Verden in Lower Saxony where dikes along rivers were soaked with water and close to bursting in some parts of the state.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
The spatial information on dikes and vegetation usually requires good local knowledge and cooperation with the authorities.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
These ecosystems, as Kavanaugh pointed out, are frequently separated from larger bodies of water by “man-made dikes or barriers” as well as “natural river berms, beach dunes, or the like.”
From Slate ● May 25, 2023
In areas where pumpjacks bob along the shoulders of the Kern River, Chevron has been shutting down wells, draining pipelines, turning off electrical power, erecting dikes and bolstering river banks with riprap.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
Only when he drew up, breathless, at his own doorway, flung it open and stepped inside, did his defenses crumble like faulty dikes.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
