Lake

  1. Noun.  A large, landlocked, naturally-occurring stretch of water.
  2. Noun.  A large amount of liquid; ''as'', a wine lake.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
  4. Noun.  (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
  5. Verb.  (obsolete) To present an offering.
  6. Verb.  (chiefly, dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) Fine linen.
  8. Noun.  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.
  9. Verb.  To make lake-red.

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