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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A large amount of liquid: ''a wine lake''.
  • 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.
  • (''In the plural'') an area characterised by its many lakes; e.g., the English Lake District is often shortened to The Lakes.
  • Large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water.
  • obsolete An offering, sacrifice, gift.
  • dialectal Play, sport, fun, glee.
  • obsolete Fine linen.

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Verb:

  • dialectal To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
  • obsolete To present an offering.
  • To make lake-red.

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