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lake

1

[ leyk ]

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.


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.

Lake

3

[ leyk ]

noun

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

lake

1

/ leɪk /

noun

  1. 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 See also mordant
  2. a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal


lake

2

/ leɪk /

noun

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

    a wine lake

lake

/ lāk /

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of lake1

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; leach 1 )

Origin of lake2

First recorded in 1610–20; variant of lac 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lake1

C17: variant of lac 1

Origin of lake2

C13: lac, via Old French from Latin lacus basin

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)

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Example Sentences

It’s the only moon in the solar system with a dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere like Earth’s, and the only place besides Earth where there’s been clear evidence of lakes on the surface.

The Erta Ale stands out as one of the world’s most active volcanoes and one of the only eight and possibly the longest-existing lava lakes in the world.

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Some climate models have come to the same conclusion, he says, counter to the prevailing image of ancient Mars as a planet covered in oceans and lakes.

The lake’s water has been receding for thousands of years, so there are spots near the ancient shoreline where the present-day lake is invisible.

The landing site in Jezero crater, just north of the Martian equator, contains an ancient river delta that looks like it once carried water and silt into a long-lived lake.

The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.

I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.

People are extremely anxious about the next generation,” Lake said, “and it unites America.

Williams said he went to the lake to take a stroll “because of his heart.”

This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.

Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.

A small but beautiful river debouches from the lake at its west end, and the town is grouped around this outlet.

They gardened, they drove out, they rowed and sailed upon the lake, but they declined all acquaintances.

A similar circumstance has occurred on the seashore at Hoy Lake, Cheshire, where several "fairy pipes" have been found.

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