1.
[syn: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway]
2. highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh;
3. a sharp point (as on the end of a spear);
4. medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet;
5. any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish (Esox
lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pike
n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn:
expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state
highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway]
2: highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
3: a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
4: medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long
pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
5: any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food
fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern
hemisphere
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "pike":
Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway,
arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue,
belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real,
carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close,
corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, crest, cul-de-sac,
dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, expressway,
freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways,
hilltop, interstate highway, knoll, lane, local road, lofty peak,
main drag, main road, mews, motorway, mountaintop, parkway, pave,
paved road, peak, pic, pico, pinnacle, place, plank road, point,
precipice, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road,
road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road,
secondary road, speedway, spur, state highway, street, summit,
superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway,
toll road, tor, township road, turnpike, wynd
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 13688
Housing Units (2000): 5068
Land area (2000): 218.374103 sq. miles (565.586305 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.055901 sq. miles (2.734772 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 219.430004 sq. miles (568.321077 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.089773 N, 84.377396 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, GA
Pike County
Pike County, GA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 68736
Housing Units (2000): 30923
Land area (2000): 787.688725 sq. miles (2040.104346 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.154883 sq. miles (2.991134 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 788.843608 sq. miles (2043.095480 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.447794 N, 82.411115 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, KY
Pike County
Pike County, KY
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 17384
Housing Units (2000): 8011
Land area (2000): 830.298891 sq. miles (2150.464165 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 18.574461 sq. miles (48.107632 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 848.873352 sq. miles (2198.571797 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.629292 N, 90.886468 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, IL
Pike County
Pike County, IL
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 12837
Housing Units (2000): 5611
Land area (2000): 336.176076 sq. miles (870.692004 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.906826 sq. miles (12.708620 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 341.082902 sq. miles (883.400624 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.411987 N, 87.237138 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, IN
Pike County
Pike County, IN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 18351
Housing Units (2000): 7493
Land area (2000): 672.823225 sq. miles (1742.604079 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.985872 sq. miles (31.043265 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 684.809097 sq. miles (1773.647344 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.360621 N, 91.145704 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, MO
Pike County
Pike County, MO
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Mississippi
Population (2000): 38940
Housing Units (2000): 16720
Land area (2000): 408.888855 sq. miles (1059.017229 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.894998 sq. miles (4.908022 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 410.783853 sq. miles (1063.925251 sq. km)
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 31.200988 N, 90.433906 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, MS
Pike County
Pike County, MS
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 27695
Housing Units (2000): 11602
Land area (2000): 441.486452 sq. miles (1143.444613 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.456174 sq. miles (6.361461 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 443.942626 sq. miles (1149.806074 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.073170 N, 83.037706 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, OH
Pike County
Pike County, OH
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 46302
Housing Units (2000): 34681
Land area (2000): 546.808650 sq. miles (1416.227843 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 19.829812 sq. miles (51.358975 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 566.638462 sq. miles (1467.586818 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.328631 N, 75.001054 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, PA
Pike County
Pike County, PA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 29605
Housing Units (2000): 13981
Land area (2000): 671.033468 sq. miles (1737.968630 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.061715 sq. miles (2.749829 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 672.095183 sq. miles (1740.718459 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.792165 N, 85.937370 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, AL
Pike County
Pike County, AL
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Pike -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000): 11303
Housing Units (2000): 5536
Land area (2000): 603.008374 sq. miles (1561.784452 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.872727 sq. miles (28.160233 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 613.881101 sq. miles (1589.944685 sq. km)
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.177310 N, 93.656805 W
Headwords:
Pike
Pike, AR
Pike County
Pike County, AR
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Pike, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 382
Housing Units (2000): 141
Land area (2000): 0.982435 sq. miles (2.544494 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008567 sq. miles (0.022189 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.991002 sq. miles (2.566683 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57815
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.556262 N, 78.155313 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Pike, NY
Pike