a ditch; a channel for water made by digging.-an embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.-a wall of turf or stone.-a wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.-to surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.-to drain by a dike or ditch.-to work as a ditcher; to dig.