dike

• Substantivo que designa uma barreira ou dique construído para impedir inundações, especialmente do mar ou de um rio, ou uma vala para drenagem.

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.

   Sinônimosbankbarrierdamembankmentleveeseawall

2. Ditch or channelB2formalbritish

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

   Vala

   • 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.

   Sinônimoschannelditchdrainguttertrenchwatercourse

• Verbo que significa prover com uma vala ou dique para drenagem ou proteção, ou cercar com um dique ou barragem.

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 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.

   Sinônimosbankdamembankleveewall

2. Drain or encloseB2formal

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

   Drenar ou cercar com 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.

   Sinônimosbankdamembankenclosewall

   Antônimosfloodinundatesubmerge