DIKE | • dike n. (Chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc. • dike v. (Chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc. • dike v. (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed. |
DIKED | • diked v. Simple past tense and past participle of dike. • DIKE v. to furnish with an embankment, also DYKE. |
DIKER | • diker n. A ditcher. • diker n. (Scotland) One who builds stone walls, usually without lime. • DIKER n. a person who makes dikes. |
DIKERS | • dikers n. Plural of diker. • DIKER n. a person who makes dikes. |
DIKES | • dikes n. Plural of dike. • dikes n. Alternative spelling of dykes (“diagonal cutting pliers”). • DIKE v. to furnish with an embankment, also DYKE. |
DIKETONE | • diketone n. (Chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups. • DIKETONE n. a compound used in dye manufacture. |
DIKETONES | • diketones n. Plural of diketone. • DIKETONE n. a compound used in dye manufacture. |
KLONDIKE | • klondike n. Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”). • klondike v. To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones. • Klondike prop.n. A river in Yukon, Canada. |
KLONDIKED | • klondiked v. Simple past tense and past participle of klondike. • KLONDIKE v. to export (fish, esp. mackerel or herring) while fresh, frequently to a foreign factory ship, also KLONDYKE. |
KLONDIKER | • klondiker n. Alternative form of klondyker (“type of fishing boat”). • Klondiker n. A prospector involved in the Klondike Gold Rush. • KLONDIKER n. a factory-ship, also KLONDYKER. |
KLONDIKERS | • klondikers n. Plural of klondiker. • Klondikers n. Plural of Klondiker. • KLONDIKER n. a factory-ship, also KLONDYKER. |
KLONDIKES | • klondikes n. Plural of klondike. • klondikes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of klondike. • Klondikes n. Plural of Klondike. |