dike

• Sustantivo que designa una barrera o terraplén construido para prevenir inundaciones, especialmente del mar o de un río, o bien una zanja o canal para drenar terrenos.

A noun referring to a barrier or embankment constructed to prevent flooding, especially from a sea or river, or a ditch for drainage.

1. Water barrierB2formal

   A wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from a river or the sea.

   Dique

   • The Dutch built a massive dike to protect the lowlands from the sea.
   • The storm damaged the dike, causing flooding in the nearby fields.
   • Engineers are reinforcing the dike to withstand higher water levels.

   Sinónimosbankbarrierdamembankmentleveeseawall

2. Ditch or channelB2formalbritish

   A long narrow trench dug in the ground to carry water away.

   Zanja de drenaje

   • The farmer dug a dike to drain the excess water from the field.
   • Water flowed through the dike into the irrigation system.
   • The old dike was overgrown with weeds and needed clearing.

   Sinónimoschannelditchdrainguttertrenchwatercourse

• Verbo que significa rodear o proteger con un dique o terraplén, o proveer de un canal o zanja para drenar o defender un terreno.

A verb meaning to provide with a ditch or embankment for drainage or protection, or to enclose with a dike.

1. Build a barrierB2formal

   To construct a wall or embankment to prevent flooding or to control water flow.

   Construir un dique

   • The engineers diked the river to protect the farmland.
   • They diked the area to create a reservoir.
   • The town diked the coastline after the storm.

   Sinónimosbankdamembankleveewall

2. Drain or encloseB2formal

   To drain water from an area by building dikes or to enclose land with dikes.

   Drenar o cercar con diques

   • The farmers diked the marshland to create arable fields.
   • They diked the swamp to prevent flooding.
   • The land was diked and turned into pasture.

   Sinónimosbankdamembankenclosewall

   Antónimosfloodinundatesubmerge