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- [leyk]
- /leɪk/
- /leɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [leyk]
- /leɪk/
Definitions of lake word
- noun lake Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. 1
- idioms lake (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) 1
- noun lake A large body of water surrounded by land. 1
- noun lake body of water 1
- noun lake things resembling lakes 1
- noun lake dye 1
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Origin of lake
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English lak(e), lac(e), apparently a conflation of Old French lac, its source, Latin lacus (compare Greek lákkos, Old Irish loch, Old English, Old Saxon lagu sea, water) and Old English lacu stream, water course (compare leccan to moisten, modern dial. lake stream, channel; see leach1)
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Parts of speech for Lake
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lake popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lake usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lake
noun lake
- pool — Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
- pond — a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- basin — A basin is a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
- lagoon — an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. Compare laguna.
- reservoir — a small body of standing water; pond.
adjective lake
- freshwater — of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish.
- river — a person who rives.
- stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- brook — to bear; tolerate
Antonyms for lake
adjective lake
- marine — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
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