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Word: lake
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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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