Lake

Lake or Lake of  (lk) or Loch (lk, lô)

For the names of actual lakes, see the specific element of the name; for example, Erie, Lake; Lucerne, Lake of; Lomond, Loch.

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lake ¹  (lk)

n.

1. A large inland body of fresh water or salt water.

2. A scenic pond, as in a park.

3. A large pool of liquid: a lake of spilled coffee on my desk.

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[Middle English, from Old French lac and from Old English lacu, both from Latin lacus.]

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lake ²  (lk)

n.

1. A pigment consisting of organic coloring matter with an inorganic, usually metallic base or carrier, used in dyes, inks, and paints.

2. A deep red.

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[From French laque; see lac.]

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lake¹

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams Related adj lacustrine

2. anything resembling this

3. a surplus of a liquid commodity a wine lake

[lac, via Old French from Latin lacus basin]

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lake²

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) 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. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal

[variant of lac¹]

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lake  (lk)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land artificial lake, man-made lake, reservoir - lake used to store water for community use bayou - a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" floor - the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water inlet, recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) lagoon, laguna, lagune - a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral loch - Scottish word for a lake lough - Irish word for a lake oxbow lake - a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel pond, pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" shore - the land along the edge of a body of water tarn - a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers) lentic - of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds)
	2.	lake - a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
	3.	lake - any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

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lake

noun pond, pool, reservoir, loch (Scot.), lagoon, mere, lough (Irish), tarn They can go fishing in the lake.

Related words
adjective lacustrine

Lakes, lochs, and loughs

Allen, Annecy, Aral Sea or Lake Aral, Ard, Athabaska, Averno, Awe, Baikal, Bala, Balaton, Balkhash, Bangweulu, Bassenthwaite, Belfast, Biel, Bodensee, Buttermere, Caspian Sea, Chad, Champlain, Como, Coniston Water, Constance, Crummock Water, Dead Sea, Derwentwater, Dongting, Earn, Edward, Ennerdale Water, Erie, Erne, Eyre, Frome, Fyne, Garda, Gatún, Geneva, Grasmere, Great Bear, Great Bitter, Great Lakes, Great Salt, Great Slave, Hawes Water, Huron, Ijsselmeer or Ysselmeer, Iliamna, Ilmen, Issyk-Kul, Kariba, Katrine, Kivu, Koko Nor or Kuku Nor, Kootenay, Ladoga, Laggan, Lake of the Woods, Leven, Linnhe, Little Bitter, Lochy, Lomond, Lucerne, Lugano, Léman, Maggiore, Malawi, Managua, Manitoba, Maracaibo, Mead, Meech, Memphremagog, Menteith, Michigan, Miraflores, Mistassini, Mobutu, Morar, Mweru, Nam Co or Nam Tso, Nasser, Neagh, Ness, Neuchâtel, Nicaragua, Nipigon, Nipissing, No, Nyasa, Okanagan, Okeechobee, Onega, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Patos, Peipus, Pontchartrain, Poopó, Poyang or P'o-yang, Pskov, Rannoch, Reindeer, Rudolf, Saint Clair, Saint John, Sea of Galilee, Sevan, Stanley Pool, Superior, Sween, Taal, Tahoe, Tana, Tanganyika, Taupo, Tay, Thirlmere, Thun, Tien, Titicaca, Tonle Sap, Torrens, Torridon, Trasimene, Tummel, Turkana, Ullswater, Urmia, Van, Victoria, Volta, Waikaremoana, Washington, Wast Water, Windermere, Winnebago, Winnipeg, Zug, Zürich

Translations

lake¹ [leɪk]

A. N → lago m
the Lakes (Brit) = the Lake District Lake Michigan → el Lago Michigan
the Great Lakes → los Grandes Lagos
wine lake → excedentes mpl de vino
oh! go and jump in a lake! → ¡que te zurzan!, ¡vete a freír espárragos!

B. CPD the Lake District N → el País de los Lagos(región de lagos en el noroeste de Inglaterra)
lake dweller N (Hist) habitante de una población lacustre
lake dwelling N → vivienda f lacustre

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lake² [leɪk] N (= colour) → laca f

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lake [ˈleɪk] n → lac m
Lake Geneva → le lac Léman

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lake:

Lake Constance

n → der Bodensee

Lake District

n → Lake District m (Seengebiet im NW Englands)

lake dweller

n → Pfahlbaubewohner(in) m(f)

lake dwelling

n → Pfahlbau m

Lake Poets

pl Dichter des Lake District: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey

lakeside

n → Seeufer nt

attr → am See

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lake¹

n → See m

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lake²

n (colour) → Karm(es)inrot nt

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lake [leɪk] n → lago

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lake [leɪk] n → lago

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lake

n lake [leik]

a large area of water surrounded by land They go swimming in / sailing on the lake; Lake Michigan. meer بُحَيْرَه езеро jezero sø der See λίμνη lago järv دریاچه järvi lac אֲגָם झील jezero tó danau stöðuvatn lago 湖 호수 ežeras ezers tasik meer (inn)sjø, vann jezioro lago lac озеро jazero jezero jezero sjö, insjö ทะเลสาบ göl 湖 озеро جھیل hồ 湖

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Lake → بُحَيْرة jezero sø See λίμνη lago järvi lac jezero lago 湖 호수 meer innsjø jezioro lago озеро sjö ทะเลสาบ göl hồ nước 湖