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Definition of Lake
1. Noun. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
Specialized synonyms: Balaton, Lake Balaton, Plattensee, Canandaigua Lake, Lake Canandaigua, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Cayuga Lake, Lake Cayuga, Baikal, Baykal, Lake Baikal, Lake Baykal, Lake Chelan, Coeur D'alene Lake, Lake Tahoe, Bodensee, Constance, Lake Constance, Dead Sea, Eyre, Lake Eyre, Great Salt Lake, Great Slave Lake, Ijsselmeer, Keuka Lake, Lake Keuka, Kivu, Lake Kivu, Lake Albert, Lake Albert Nyanza, Mobuto Lake, Aral Sea, Lake Aral, Chad, Lake Chad, Champlain, Lake Champlain, Lake Edward, Erie, Lake Erie, Lake Geneva, Lake Leman, Huron, Lake Huron, Ilmen, Lake Ilmen, Ladoga, Lake Ladoga, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Lake Nasser, Nasser, Lake Malawi, Lake Nyasa, Lake Onega, Onega, Lake Ontario, Ontario, Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, Superior, Lake Tana, Lake Tsana, Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika, Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh, Lake Urmia, Urmia, Lake Vanern, Vanern, Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza, Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee, Poyang, Salton Sea, Lake Seneca, Seneca Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Winnipeg
Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water
Examples of category: Body Of Water, Water, Shore, Lentic
Terms within: Floor, Inlet, Recess
2. Noun. A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal.
3. Noun. Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments.
Definition of Lake
1. n. 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.
2. n. A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.
3. v. i. To play; to sport.
4. n. 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.
Definition of Lake
1. Noun. A large, landlocked, naturally-occurring stretch of water. ¹
2. Noun. A large amount of liquid; ''as'', a wine lake. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift. ¹
4. Noun. (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee. ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete) To present an offering. ¹
6. Verb. (chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play. ¹
7. Noun. (obsolete) Fine linen. ¹
8. Noun. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant. ¹
9. Verb. To make lake-red. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lake
1. a sizable inland body of water [n -S] : LAKELIKE [adj]
Medical Definition of Lake
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