lake

/leɪk/

noun 9name 5verb 4

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(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + LAKE

cross

We decided to cross the lake by boat instead of walking around it.

LAKE + NOUN

bed, water

PREP

across a/the ~

We swam across the lake on a hot summer day and felt exhausted by the time we reached the other side.

around/round a/the ~

The children ran round the lake chasing ducks during their school trip.

at a/the ~

We spent a relaxing weekend at the lake near our town.

in a/the ~

We spent the afternoon swimming in a lake near the mountains.

into a/the ~

The children threw their toy boat into the lake and watched it float away.

on a/the ~

My family spent the afternoon swimming on the lake near our hotel.

PHRASES

the edge/middle/shores/side/surface of the lake

We walked along the shore of the lake and watched the sunset together.

Definitions

noun

A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.

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.

These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].

A large amount of liquid.

a lake of wine

So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

A pit, or ditch.

noun

An offering, sacrifice, gift.

Play; sport; game; fun; glee.

verb

To present an offering.

To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.

To subject biological cells to repeated cycles of freezing and thawing until lysis.

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Idioms & Phrases

go jump in the lake

Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

When I asked for help cleaning the mess I made, the janitor told me to go jump in the lake, but he was only joking.

Example Bank

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These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].

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a lake of wine

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The colour scheme of the North British Railway—dark gamboge for the engines and lake for the coaches—looked very smart when new and clean, but these shades did not possess good wearing qualities.

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Jeremiah found himself indoors, perfecting his Draftsmanship, bending all day over the work-table, grinding and mixing his own Inks,— siftings and splashes ev'rywhere of King's Yellow, Azure, red Orpi

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The name of a lake prepared by extending the aluminum salt prepared from FD&C Blue No. 1 upon the substratum would be FD&C Blue No. 1--Aluminum Lake.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, lake is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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