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lake

1  [leyk]
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–noun
1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.
—Idiom
3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lak(e), lac(e), appar. a conflation of OF lac, its source, L lacus (cf. Gk lákkos, OIr loch, OE, OS lagu sea, water) and OE lacu stream, water course (cf. leccan to moisten, mod. dial. lake stream, channel; see leach 1 )

lake

2  [leyk]
–noun
1. any of various pigments prepared from animal, vegetable, or coal-tar coloring matters by chemical or other union with metallic compounds.
2. a red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal by combination with a metallic compound.
Origin:
1610–20; var. of lac 1

Lake

  [leyk]
–noun
Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.
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lake 1   (lāk)   
n.  

  1. A large inland body of fresh water or salt water.

  2. A scenic pond, as in a park.

  3. A large pool of liquid: a lake of spilled coffee on my desk.


[Middle English, from Old French lac and from Old English lacu, both from Latin lacus.]
lake 2   (lāk)   
n.  

  1. A pigment consisting of organic coloring matter with an inorganic, usually metallic base or carrier, used in dyes, inks, and paints.

  2. A deep red.


[From French laque; see lac.]
Lake or Lake of   (lāk)   
For the names of actual lakes, see the specific element of the name; for example, Erie, Lake; Lucerne, Lake of; Lomond, Loch.
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Word Origin & History

lake  (1)
"body of water," c.1205, from O.Fr. lack, from L. lacus "pond, lake," also "basin, tank," related to lacuna "hole, pit," from PIE *lak- (cf. Gk. lakkos "pit, tank, pond," O.C.S. loky "pool, puddle, cistern," O.Ir. loch "lake, pond"). The common notion is "basin." There was a Gmc. form of the word, which yielded cognate O.N. lögr "sea flood, water," O.E. lacu "stream," lagu "sea flood, water," leccan "to moisten" (see leak). The N.Amer. Great Lakes so called from 1665. Laker "boat made for sailing on the Great Lakes" is from 1887.

lake  (2)
"deep red coloring matter," 1616, from Fr. laque (see lac), from which it was obtained.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lake
Pronunciation: 'lAk
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: laked; lak·ing
transitive senses
: to cause (blood)to undergo a physiological change in which the hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma lake intransitive senses
of blood : to undergo the process by whichhemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma
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Medical Dictionary

lake 1 (lāk)
n.
A small collection of fluid.

lake 2
n.
A pigment consisting of organic coloring matter with an inorganic, usually metallic base or carrier, used in dyes, inks, and paints. v. laked, lak·ing, lakes
To cause blood plasma to become red as a result of the release of hemoglobin from the red blood cells.

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