lake

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English lak(e), lac(e), apparently a conflation of Old French lac, its source, Latin lacus (compare Greek lákkos, Old Irish loch, Old English, Old Saxon lagu sea, water) and Old English lacu stream, water course (compare leccan to moisten, modern dial. lake stream, channel; see leach¹)

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noun

any of various pigments prepared from animal, vegetable, or coal-tar coloring matters by chemical or other union with metallic compounds.

a red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal by combination with a metallic compound.

Origin:
1610–20; variant of lac¹

noun

Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.

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lake¹ (leɪk)

—n
1.	an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streamsRelated: lacustrine
2.	anything resembling this
3.	a surplus of a liquid commodity: a wine lake

Related: lacustrine

[C13: lac, via Old French from Latin lacus basin]

lake² (leɪk)

—n
1.	See also mordant a bright pigment used in textile dyeing and printing inks, produced by the combination of an organic colouring matter with an inorganic compound, usually a metallic salt, oxide, or hydroxide
2.	a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal

[C17: variant of lac¹]

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lake

"body of water," c.1200, 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 1660s. Laker "boat made for sailing on the Great Lakes" is from 1887.

lake

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

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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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lake

(lāk) Pronunciation Key
A large inland body of standing fresh or salt water. Lakes generally form in depressions, such as those created by glacial or volcanic action; they may also form when a section of a river becomes dammed or when a channel is isolated by a change in a river's course.

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Her properties now lie within the lake district national park.

The outdoor snow scenes were shot at big bear lake, california.

The lake in turn got its name from the bornu word tsade lake.

It was this lake which eventually proved to be the source of the river nile.

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Go jump in the lake!

Take a running jump !

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"The great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake. The sun rose out of it, the day began there; it was like an open door that nobody could shut. The land and all its dreariness could never close in on you. You had only to look at the lake, and you knew you would soon be free."

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