dike

• Barrière ou remblai construit pour empêcher les inondations, notamment de la mer ou d'une rivière, ou fossé destiné au drainage des terres.

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.

   Digue

   • 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.

   Synonymesbankbarrierdamembankmentleveeseawall

2. Ditch or channelB2formalbritish

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

   Fossé ou canal d'évacuation

   • 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.

   Synonymeschannelditchdrainguttertrenchwatercourse

• Verbe signifiant entourer ou protéger par une digue ou un remblai, ou munir d'un fossé de drainage.

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.

   endiguer

   • 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.

   Synonymesbankdamembankleveewall

2. Drain or encloseB2formal

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

   Endiguer ou drainer par des digues

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

   Synonymesbankdamembankenclosewall

   Antonymesfloodinundatesubmerge