Dyke (Verb)
Meaning
Enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The local community worked together to dike the land and prevent flooding during heavy rainfall.
- To protect their crops from the overflow, the farmers decided to dike the low-lying areas of the farm.
- The engineers were tasked with designing a system to dike the river and control the water flow.
- As the storm approached, residents took measures to dike the streets and safeguard their homes from potential flooding.
- A canal was built to dike the marsh and make the area more suitable for construction.