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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 /
lake
2/ leɪk /
noun
- an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams lacustrine
- anything resembling this
- a surplus of a liquid commodity
a wine lake
lake
/ lāk /
- 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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Origin of lake1
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Idioms and Phrases
- (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)
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Example Sentences
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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