lake

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.1.1 Derived terms 1.5.1.2 Translations 1.5.2 Verb 1.6 Anagrams 2 Norwegian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English lake (“‘body of water’”) from Old English lacu (“‘lake, pond, pool, stream, watercourse’”) from Proto-Germanic *lakō, lek (“‘pool, water aggregation, salt brine’”) from Proto-Indo-European *lak- (“‘lake, pool’”). Akin to Old High German lacha "swamp, bog, marsh" (German Lache "pool, puddle"), Middle Dutch lake "pond, puddle, standing water", Old English leccan (“‘to wet, moisten’”), Old English lagu (“‘sea’”). Frequency possibly strengthened in Middle English by the Old French synonym lack "lake" from Latin lacus "hollow, lake, pond". More at leak, leach.

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lake (plural lakes)

1. Large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water.
2. (In the plural) an area characterised by its many lakes; e.g., the English Lake District is often shortened to The Lakes.
3. A large amount of liquid: a wine lake.

   So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - Robert DeNiro, Backdraft

[edit] Derived terms

• Great Lakes
• interlacustrine
• lacustrine
• oxbow lake

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• billabong
• lagoon
• pond
• tarn

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English lác, Proto-Germanic *laikom, *game, dance, hymn, sport, fight.

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lake (plural lakes)

1. (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
2. (obsolete, dialectal) Play, sport, fun, glee.

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• wedlock

[edit] Verb

to lake (third-person singular simple present lakes, present participle laking, simple past and past participle laked)

1. (obsolete) To present an offering.
2. (chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.

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From Old English lachen

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lake (plural lakes)

1. (obsolete) Fine linen.

[edit] Etymology 4

From French laque (“‘lacquer’”) < Persian لاک (lāk) < Hindi lakh < Sanskrit laksha (“‘one hundred thousand’”), referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out.

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lake (plural lakes)

1. 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.

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• lake-red

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to lake (third-person singular simple present lakes, present participle laking, simple past and past participle laked)

1. To make lake-red.

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• kale
• leak

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[edit] Norwegian

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lake m.

1. pickle, brine
2. burbot, eelpout

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lake

1. To pickle.

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lake c.

1. burbot (a freshwater fish: Lota lota)