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noun
Idiom1.
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
2.
any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.
3.
(go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)
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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)
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
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.
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Word Origin & History
lake
"deep red coloring matter," 1616, from Fr. laque (see lac), from which it was obtained.
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Medical Dictionary
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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