lake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Despite their similarity in form and meaning, (etyl) lake is not related to (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
A large, landlocked stretch of water.
*
, title=(
The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the
lake . I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
A large amount of liquid; as , a wine lake.
* 1991 , (Robert DeNiro) (actor), :
- 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 also
Derived terms
* ephemeral lake
* Great Lakes
* Lake District
* Lakes
* lakeness
* oxbow lake
See also
* billabong
* lagoon
* pond
* tarn
References
* {{reference-book
, last = Kenneth
, first = Sisam
, title = Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose
, origyear = 2009
, publisher = BiblioBazaar
, id = ISBN 1110730802, 9781110730803
}}
* {{reference-book
, last = Astell
, first = Ann W.
, title = Political allegory in late medieval England
, origyear = 1999
, publisher = Cornell University Press
, id = ISBN 0801435609, 9780801435607
, pages = 192
}}
* {{reference-book
, last = Cameron
, first = Kenneth
, title = English Place Names
, origyear = 1961
, publisher = B. T. Batsford Limited
, id = SBN 416 27990 2
, pages = 164
}}
* {{reference-book
, last = Maetzner
, first = Eduard Adolf Ferdinand
, title = An English Grammar; Methodical, Analytical, and Historical
, origyear = 2009
, publisher = BiblioBazaar, LLC
, id = ISBN 1113149965, 9781113149961
, pages = 200
}}
* {{reference-book
, last = Rissanen
, first = Matti
, title = History of Englishes: new methods and interpretations in historical linguistics
, origyear = 1992
, publisher = Walter de Gruyter
, id = ISBN 3110132168, 9783110132168
, pages = 513-514
}}
* {{reference-book
, last = Ferguson
, first = Robert
, title = English surnames: and their place in the Teutonic family
, origyear = 1858
, publisher = G. Routledge & co.
, pages = 368
}}
Etymology 2
From (etyl) lake, lak, lac (also loke, laik, layke), from (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
(dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
Derived terms
* bridelock
* wedlock
Verb
(lak)
(obsolete) To present an offering.
(chiefly, dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) lachen
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete) Fine linen.
Etymology 4
From (etyl) , referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out.
Noun
(
en noun)
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.
Derived terms
* lake-red
Verb
(lak)
To make lake-red.
Etymology 5
Compare lek.
Verb
(lak)
(obsolete) To play; to sport.
