The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dike \Dike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diked; p. pr. & vb. n. Diking.] [OE. diken, dichen, AS. d[=i]cian to dike. See Dike.]
To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
To drain by a dike or ditch.
Wiktionary
n. The action of building a dike
Usage examples of "diking".
They tried diking all around the city when the sea level started to rise, but that only worked for a while.
When it happened, their descendants tried diking the island to keep the rising waters out.
While America was frantically diking and poldering its coastlines against the rising seas, while Europe was trying to save its crops from scouring winds and sudden freezes and ultraviolet burn, no one had energy to spare for helping the “emerging” countries of the Third World.
Do thou as thou wilt, Otter: for Thiodolf shall be here in an hour's space, and if much diking shall be done in an hour, yet little slaying, forsooth, shall be done, and that especially if the foe is all armed and slayeth women and children.
Through the centuries, the Colorado River flooded and carried enormous amounts of silt into the sea, eventually forming a delta and diking in the northern area of the sea.