Lake vs Bake - What's the difference?
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A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
A large, landlocked stretch of water.
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A large amount of liquid; as , a wine lake.
* 1991 , (Robert DeNiro) (actor), :
(obsolete) To present an offering.
(chiefly, dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
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.
To make lake-red.
(obsolete) To play; to sport.
(transitive, or, intransitive) To cook (something) in an oven.
To dry by heat.
To prepare food by baking it.
To be baked to heating or drying.
(figuratively) To be hot.
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
To harden by cold.
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* Spenser:
(UK, NZ) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
* 2009 , Rosalind Peters, Kate Pankhurst, Clive Boursnell, Midnight Feast Magic: Sleepover Fun and Food
The act of cooking food by baking.
As nouns the difference between lake and bake
is that lake is , valley while bake is nautical traffic sign or buoy.lake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Despite their similarity in form and meaning, (etyl) lake is not related to (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ephemeral lake * Great Lakes * Lake District * Lakes * lakeness * oxbow lakeSee also
* billabong * lagoon * pond * tarnReferences
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From (etyl) lake, lak, lac (also loke, laik, layke), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* bridelock * wedlockVerb
(lak)Etymology 3
From (etyl) lachenEtymology 4
From (etyl) , referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* lake-redVerb
(lak)Etymology 5
Compare lek.Verb
(lak)Anagrams
* kale * leak English terms with multiple etymologies ----bake
English
Verb
(bak)- I baked a delicious cherry pie.
- She's been baking all day to prepare for the dinner.
- The clay baked in the sun.
- It is baking in the greenhouse.
- I'm baking after that workout in the gym.
- The earth is baked with frost.
- They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.
Usage notes
In the dialects of northern England, the simple past book'' and past participle ''baken are sometimes encountered.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* baked * bake-off * baking * in a bake * half-bakedNoun
(en noun)- If you happen to have small, heat-proof glass or ceramic pots in your kitchen (known as ramekins) then you can make this very easy pasta bake in fun-size, individual portions.