lake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
  2. noun a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
  3. noun any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

WordNet

Lake noun
Etymology
F. laque, fr. Per. See Lac.
Definitions
  1. A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.
Lake noun
Etymology
Cf. G. laken.
Definitions
  1. A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. Obs. Chaucer.
Lake intransitive verb
Etymology
AS. lacan, læcan, to spring, jump, lac play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. Cf. Knowledge.
Definitions
  1. To play; to sport. Prov. Eng.
Lake noun
Etymology
AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. lögr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. pond, tank. Cf. Loch, Lough.
Definitions
  1. A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. ✍ Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean.

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