A body standing water found on the Earth's continental land masses. The water in a lake is normally fresh. Also see eutrophic lake, mesotrophic lake, and oligotrophic lake.

"to play, sport," Old English lacan (see lark (n.2)).

"deep red coloring matter," 1610s, from French laque (15c., see lac), from which it was obtained.

"body of water surrounded by land and filling a depression or basin," early 12c., from Old French lack (12c., Modern French lac) and directly from Latin lacus "pond, pool, lake," a [..]

/ˈleɪk/ noun plural lakes lake /ˈleɪk/ noun plural lakes Learner's definition of LAKE [count] : a large area of water that is surrounded by land They own a cottage at/by/on the lake. the shor [..]

body of water surrounded by land. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments A lake is a terrain feature (or physical fe [..]

a very large pool of water with land all around it

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For a young woman to dream that she is alone on a turbulent and muddy lake, foretells many vicissitudes are approaching her, and she will regret former extravagances, and disregard of virtuous teaching. If the water gets into the boat, but by intense struggling she reaches the boat-house safely, it denotes she will be under wrong persuasion, but wi [..]

A lake is a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides. Really huge lakes are often called seas.

a large body of water surrounded by land. Famous lakes of the world include Lake Superior in North America, Lake Baikal in Russia, Loch Ness in Great Britain, and Lake Victoria in Africa.

filled or partially filled basin of fresh or salt water surrounded by land. land breezes

The term “lake” refers to “a standing body of open water that occurs in a natural depression fed by one or more streams from which a stream may flow, that occurs due to the widening or natural blockag [..]

an inland body of standing water.

A lake is a large body of water that is surrounded by land on all sides. Loch

A body of water completely surrounded by land.

a large body of water surrounded by land, usually filled with fresh water

Inland bodies of still or slowly moving Fresh Water or salt Water, larger than a Pond, and supplied by Rivers and streams.

A body of fresh or salt water entirely surrounded by land.

A large body of water. Usually fed by several streams. Larger and deeper than a pond.

n.(1) "lake, pond," s.v. lake sb.\4 OED. KEY: lake@n1

n1 3 lake 3

n.(2) "fine linen," s.v. lake sb.\5 OED. KEY: lake@n2

n2 1 lake 1

A dye that has been chemically or electrically attached to a particle and does not bleed or migrate.

an inland body of water, usually fresh water, formed by glaciers, river drainage etc. Usually larger than a pool or pond.

A natural or man-made body of fresh or salt water surrounded by land.

A colored natural or synthetic dye absorbed onto a semi-transparent base and used as a pigment.

A pigment that is made from a dye by precipitating a soluble dye with a inert binder, usually a metallic salt. Many lake pigments are fugitive because dyes are unstable when exposed to light.

===Noun=== ====large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water====