23 ผลลัพธ์ สำหรับ

dik

ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น: -dik-, *dik*

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

(n) somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples

dika nut

(n) edible oil-rich seed of wild mango

dik-dik

(n) any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit

dike

(v) enclose with a dike, Syn. dyke, Example:dike the land to protect it from water

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dika

‖n. [ Native West African name. ] A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dike

n. [ OE. dic, dike, diche, ditch, AS. dīc dike, ditch; akin to D. dijk dike, G. deich, and prob. teich pond, Icel. dīki dike, ditch, Dan. dige; perh. akin to Gr. tei^chos (for qei^chos) wall, and even E. dough; or perh. to Gr. ti^fos pool, marsh. Cf. Ditch. ] 1. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little channels or dikes cut to every bed. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . .
Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wall of turf or stone. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geol.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dike

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Diked p. pr. & vb. n. Diking. ] [ OE. diken, dichen, AS. dīcian to dike. See Dike. ] 1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. [ 1913 Webster ]