Synonyms of the word

dike

• n. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
• v. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
• v. (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.
• n. (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
• n. (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
• n. Alternative form of dyke: a masculine woman; a lesbian.

barrier

• n. A structure that bars passage.
• n. An obstacle or impediment.
• n. A boundary or limit.
• n. (grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it…
• n. (physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain…

butch

• adj. (slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
• n. (slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

dam

• n. A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow.
• n. (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
• n. (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir.
• n. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
• n. (India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
• v. To block the flow of water.
• n. Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).
• n. A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
• n. A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.

dyke

• n. (Britain, historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
• n. (Britain) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Any watercourse.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Any small body of water.
• n. (obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground.
• n. (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
• n. (Britain) An embankment formed by the creation on a ditch.
• n. (obsolete) A city wall.
• n. (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Any fence or hedge.
• n. (Britain) An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
• n. (Britain, figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
• n. (Britain) A beaver's dam.
• n. (Britain, dialect) A jetty; a pier.
• n. (Britain) A raised causeway.
• n. (Britain, dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
• n. (Britain, geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising…
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
• v. (transitive) To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
• v. (transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
• v. (transitive) To scour a watercourse.
• v. (transitive) To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
• n. (slang, usually pejorative) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior.

enclose

• v. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
• v. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
• v. (intransitive) To hold or contain.

inclose

• v. (now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose.

lesbian

• adj. (of a woman) Homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners.
• adj. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two women; homosexual.
• adj. (especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.
• n. A homosexual female, a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

tribade

• n. a lesbian.