different between dike vs barrow

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.

Verb

dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
   • {quote-journal|en|date=1996 September 27|author=Michael Miner|url=https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=1996/960927/HOTTYPE%7Ctitle=WVON Won't Take the Bait|work=The Chicago Reader|text=Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.}}
   • {quote-book|en|date=2001 November 16, Karen F. Schmidt|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/294/5546/1444%7Cdoi=10.1126/science.294.5546.1444%7Ctitle=Ecology: A True-Blue Vision for the Danube|work=Science|volume=294|issue=5546|pages=1444-1447|text=In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.}}

Etymology 2

Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.

Verb

dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)

1. (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.

Derived terms

• diked out
• diked up

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

1. (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
2. (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.

Derived terms

• out on a dike

Etymology 3

See dyke.

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

1. Alternative form of dyke: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
• Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".

Anagrams

• IDEK, idek

Esperanto

Adverb

dike

1. thickly

Lindu

Noun

dike

1. dog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *d?kij?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eyg?- (whence also English ditch).

Noun

dike n

1. ditch; a small canal, for irrigation or drainage

   Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.

   He went off the road with (ditched) his new car.

Usage notes

• The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.

Declension

Related terms

• dika
• dika ut
• dikesgrävning
• dikeskant
• dikeskörning
• dikesren
• dikning
• köra i diket
• täckdike
• utdikning

References

• dike in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??/
• (US) enPR: b?r??, IPA^(key): /?bæ?o?/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -ær??

Etymology 1

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“high; height”). Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), Saterland Frisian Bäirch, Bierich (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), Low German Barg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Swedish berg (“mountain”), Norwegian Bokmål berg (“rock, mountain, hillock, rock bottom”), Icelandic berg (“mountain”), bjarg (“rock”), Northern Luri ???? (berg, “mountain,hill”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian ?????? (béreg, “bank, shore, land”).

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (obsolete) A mountain.
2. (chiefly Britain) A hill.
3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

   Synonym: tumulus

4. (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barw?, *barwij?, from Proto-Germanic *barw?, *barwij? (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beran? (“to bear”). More at bear.

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

   Synonyms: handcart, pushcart, trolley
2. (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English barow, bare?, bareh, from Old English bearg, bearh (“boar”), from Proto-West Germanic *barug, *barah, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz, *barahaz. Cognate with Old Frisian barch, Old Saxon barug, Old High German barug (dialectal German Barch), Old Norse b?rgr.

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

2. (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.

Translations

Etymology 4

From Old English beorgan (“to protect”)

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.