Dyke vs. Lesbian

Dykenoun

A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.

Dykenoun

(UK) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.

Dykenoun

Any navigable watercourse.

Dykenoun

Any watercourse.

Dykenoun

Any small body of water.

Dykenoun

(obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground.

Dykenoun

A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

Dykenoun

(UK) An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.

Dykenoun

(obsolete) A city wall.

Dykenoun

A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.

Dykenoun

Any fence or hedge.

Dykenoun

(UK) An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.

Dykenoun

Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.

Dykenoun

(UK) A beaver's dam.

Dykenoun

A jetty; a pier.

Dykenoun

(UK) A raised causeway.

Dykenoun

A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.

Dykenoun

A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.

Dykenoun

A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior.

Dykeverb

To dig, particularly to create a ditch.

Dykeverb

To surround with a ditch, to entrench.

Dykeverb

To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.

Dykeverb

To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.

Dykeverb

To scour a watercourse.

Dykeverb

To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.

Dykenoun

See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

Dykenoun

offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine

Dykenoun

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

Dykeverb

enclose with a dike;

Lesbianadjective

(of a woman) Homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners.

Lesbianadjective

(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual.

Lesbianadjective

(especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.

Lesbiannoun

A homosexual female, a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

Lesbianadjective

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

Lesbianadjective

Amatory; erotic; - in allusion to the reputed sensuality of the Lesbian people and literature; as, Lesbian novels.

Lesbianadjective

homosexual; - applied to female homosexuals.

Lesbiannoun

a female homosexual.

Lesbiannoun

a female homosexual

Lesbiannoun

a resident of Lesbos

Lesbianadjective

of female homosexuality

Lesbiannoun

a homosexual woman.

Lesbianadjective

from or relating to the island of Lesbos.

Lesbian

A lesbian is a homosexual woman. The word lesbian is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction.The concept of to differentiate women with a shared sexual orientation evolved in the 20th century.