Dike vs. Dam
Dikeverb
: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
Damnoun
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting
some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding
‘A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.’;
Dikeverb
To be well dressed.
Damnoun
The water reservoir resulting from placing such structure.
‘Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam’;
Dikenoun
A well-dressed man.
Damnoun
(dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
Dikenoun
Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
Damnoun
A reservoir.
Dikenoun
: a masculine woman; a lesbian.
Damnoun
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
Dikenoun
A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
‘Little channels or dikes cut to every bed.’;
Damnoun
(India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
Dikenoun
An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
‘Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . . Shut out the turbulent tides.’;
Damnoun
Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).
Dikenoun
A wall of turf or stone.
Damnoun
A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Dikenoun
A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
Damverb
To block the flow of water.
Dikeverb
To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
Damnoun
A female parent; - used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
‘Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam.’; ‘The dam runs lowing up and down,Looking the way her harmless young one went.’;
Dikeverb
To drain by a dike or ditch.
Damnoun
A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Dikeverb
To work as a ditcher; to dig.
‘He would thresh and thereto dike and delve.’;
Damnoun
A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.
Dikenoun
offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
Damnoun
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
Dikenoun
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Damverb
To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; - generally used with in or up.
‘I'll have the current in this place dammed up.’; ‘A weight of earth that dams in the water.’;
Dikeverb
enclose with a dike;
‘dike the land to protect it from water’;
Damverb
To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
‘The strait pass was dammedWith dead men hurt behind, and cowards.’;
Damnoun
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Damnoun
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
Damnoun
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
Damverb
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;
‘dam the gorges of the Yangtse River’;
Damnoun
a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply
‘the dam burst after torrential rain’; ‘the Hoover Dam’;
Damnoun
a barrier of branches in a stream, constructed by a beaver to provide a deep pool and a lodge.
Damnoun
an artificial pond or reservoir where rain or spring water is collected for storage
‘the dam was full of water’;
Damnoun
a rubber sheet used to keep saliva from the teeth during dental operations, or as a prophylactic device during cunnilingus and anilingus.
Damnoun
the female parent of an animal, especially a domestic mammal.
Damverb
build a dam across (a river or lake)
‘the river was dammed to form Lake Powell’;
Damverb
hold back or obstruct (something)
‘discussion was in full flow and refused to be dammed’; ‘the closed lock gates dammed up the canal’;
Dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability.
