lake1

[leyk] /leɪk/
noun
1.
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
2.
any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.
Idioms
3.
(go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.)
Origin
before 1000; Middle English lak(e), lac(e), apparently a conflation of Old French lac, its source, Latin lacus (compare Greek lákkos, Old Irish loch, Old English, Old Saxon lagu sea, water) and Old English lacu stream, water course (compare leccan to moisten, modern dial. lake stream, channel; see leach1)

lake2

[leyk] /leɪk/
noun
1.
any of various pigments prepared from animal, vegetable, or coal-tar coloring matters by chemical or other union with metallic compounds.
2.
a red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal by combination with a metallic compound.
Origin
1610-20; variant of lac1

Lake

[leyk] /leɪk/
noun
1.
Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.
Examples from the web for lake
  • Her properties now lie within the lake district national park.
  • The outdoor snow scenes were shot at big bear lake, california.
  • The lake in turn got its name from the bornu word tsade lake.
  • It was this lake which eventually proved to be the source of the river nile.
  • On the road to these lake are mount somers and the mount somers walkway.
  • A number of pleasure beaches are found on the southern end of the lake.
  • Being near the lake, it is a very good place to rule the kingdom.
  • Edicts could easily reach all the other parts of the kingdom through the lake.
  • Today it is connected with the shore, creating an artificial lake on the river.
  • Joseph are commercial ports that receive bulk goods from lake freighters.
British Dictionary definitions for lake

lake1

/leɪk/
noun
1.
an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams related adjective lacustrine
2.
anything resembling this
3.
a surplus of a liquid commodity: a wine lake
Word Origin
C13: lac, via Old French from Latin lacus basin

lake2

/leɪk/
noun
1.
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 See also mordant
2.
a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal
Word Origin
C17: variant of lac1
Word Origin and History for lake
n.

"body of water," early 12c., from Old French lack and directly from Latin lacus "pond, lake," also "basin, tank," related to lacuna "hole, pit," from PIE *laku- (cf. Greek lakkos "pit, tank, pond," Old Church Slavonic loky "pool, puddle, cistern," Old Irish loch "lake, pond"). The common notion is "basin." There was a Germanic form of the word, which yielded cognate Old Norse lögr "sea flood, water," Old English lacu "stream," lagu "sea flood, water," leccan "to moisten" (see leak). In Middle English, lake, as a descendant of the Old English word, also could mean "stream; river gully; ditch; marsh; grave; pit of hell," and this might have influenced the form of the borrowed word. The North American Great Lakes so called from 1660s.

"deep red coloring matter," 1610s, from French laque (see lac), from which it was obtained.

lake in Medicine

lake 1 (lāk)
n.
A small collection of fluid.

lake 2
n.
A pigment consisting of organic coloring matter with an inorganic, usually metallic base or carrier, used in dyes, inks, and paints. v. laked, lak·ing, lakes
To cause blood plasma to become red as a result of the release of hemoglobin from the red blood cells.

lake in Science
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.