dyked
Held back water
Dyked describes something fitted with dikes—embankments built to control water or prevent flooding: The dyked fields stayed dry during the storm.
In informal or derogatory usage, dyked can mean resembling or characteristic of a lesbian, from the slang term dyke: She showed up looking all dyked out in flannel and boots.
Raised earth structure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- bundFlood-control embankment
- bermRaised strip alongside roads
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
mound · ridge · banked · terraced · raised · elevated · reinforced · retaining wall
Dug water passage
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- drainageLiquid removal system
irrigation · aqueduct · waterway · sluice · floodgate · weir · spillway · reservoir
Structures preventing water overflow
- coastal defenseSafeguarding land from sea-based threats
- erosion controlPreventing soil loss
- flood preventionStopping water overflow damage
- storm surgeWind-driven coastal flooding
embankment
Raised earth structure
earthwork · mound · ridge · banked · terraced · raised · elevated · reinforced · retaining wall · sea wall
canal
Dug water passage
drainage · irrigation · aqueduct · waterway · sluice · floodgate · weir · spillway · reservoir · reclamation
flood defense
Structures preventing water overflow
- coastal defenseSafeguarding land from sea-based threats
- erosion controlPreventing soil loss
- flood preventionStopping water overflow damage
storm surge · inundation · sandbagging · floodplain · high water mark
dykedunprotected
Without safeguard or shield
undefended · exposed · flood-prone · vulnerable · open
dykedflooded
Covered with water
waterlogged · inundated · submerged · swamped · marshy
dykedundrained
Not having liquid removed
natural · unreclaimed · wild · unimproved · unmarshalled
- Dick Van Dyke
- finger in the dykeTemporary fix preventing catastrophe
- Van DykePointed beard style
- baby dykeNewly out young lesbian