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lakes

/leɪks/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
  2. A large, landlocked stretch of water.
  3. A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
  4. A pit, or ditch
  5. An offering, sacrifice, gift.
  6. Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
  7. To present an offering.
  8. To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
  9. A kind of fine, white linen.
  10. 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.
  11. In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
  12. To make lake-red.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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