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lake
1[leyk]
noun
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.
lake
2[leyk]
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.
Lake
3[leyk]
noun
Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.
lake
1/ leɪk /
noun
an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams
anything resembling this
a surplus of a liquid commodity
a wine lake
lake
2/ leɪk /
noun
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
a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal
lake
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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of lake1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lake1
Origin of lake2
Idioms and Phrases
(go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)
Example Sentences
He often visits the lake to document these frenzied feeding moments.
Mr Villate unfurls plans to show off the lakes, a childcare centre and other buildings which he says should be ready in under two years.
A boat capsized on a lake in northeastern Ghana, killing 15 people, mostly children, maritime authorities said on Sunday.
Dating to between 12,800 and 11,400 years ago, the engravings correspond to a time when temporary lakes and rivers reappeared after centuries of extreme aridity.
These new forms of entertainment are becoming the lake to our Narcissus: You can gaze into your phone and see yourself staring back, having all kinds of thrills, spills and chills.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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