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# dyke

noun (dykes)

«dyke» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/#m1)
2. A dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a house beside a bank or ditch; in lessons a wall of earth that stops flooding

### Examples

- The old woman lived in a house on the dyke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/#x1)
- Cattle grazed in the fields beside the dykes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/#x2)
- The farmers repaired the dyke after the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dyke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dyke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dyke.html) on Mova free.