1
civil engineering
: an artificial watercourse : ditch
2
civil engineering
a
: a bank (see bank entry 1 sense 1) usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : levee
b
: a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable
diked; diking
1
civil engineering
: to surround or protect with a dike (see dike entry 1)
2
civil engineering
: to drain by a dike
diker
noun
civil engineering
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