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ALL meanings of lake

lake
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  • noun lake body of water 1
  • noun lake things resembling lakes 1
  • noun lake dye 1
  • noun lake Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. 1
  • idioms lake (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) 1
  • noun lake A large body of water surrounded by land. 1
  • countable noun lake A lake is a large area of fresh water, surrounded by land. 0
  • noun lake an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams 0
  • noun lake anything resembling this 0
  • noun lake a surplus of a liquid commodity 0
  • noun lake 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 0
  • noun lake a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal 0
  • noun lake a lake on the border between the US and Canada, in N Vermont and S Quebec. Length: about 43 km (27 miles). Width: up to 6 km (4 miles) 0
  • noun lake Simon1866-1945; U.S. engineer & naval architect 0
  • noun lake an inland body of usually fresh water, larger than a pool or pond, generally formed by some obstruction in the course of flowing water 0
  • noun lake a pool of oil or other liquid 0
  • noun lake a dark-red pigment prepared from cochineal 0
  • noun lake its color 0
  • noun lake an insoluble coloring compound precipitated from a solution of a dye by adding a metallic salt, which acts as a mordant: used in applying dyes to cloth and in printing inks, paints, etc. 0
  • noun lake (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain. 0
  • noun lake A large, landlocked stretch of water. 0
  • noun lake A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake. 0
  • noun lake (Obsolete (No longer in use)) An offering, sacrifice, gift. 0
  • noun lake (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee. 0
  • noun lake (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Fine linen. 0
  • noun lake 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. 0
  • verb lake (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To present an offering. 0
  • verb lake (chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play. 0
  • verb lake To make lake-red. 0
  • verb lake (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To play; to sport. 0
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