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  • 1Lake — bezeichnet niederdeutschen ein flaches stehendes Gewässer, hd. Lacke, siehe Weiher (Gewässer) Salzlake, eine Salzlösung Lake (Lippe), Nebenfluss der Lippe bei Lippstadt Lake ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alan Lake (1940–1984),… …

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  • 2Lake — Lake, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[ o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la kkos pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more… …

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  • 3Lake — (l[=a]k), n. [F. laque, fr. Per. See {Lac}.] A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc. [1913… …

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  • 4Lake — (l[=a]k), v. i. [AS. l[=a]can, l[ae]can, to spring, jump, l[=a]c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. [root]120. Cf. {Knowledge}.] To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Lake — Lake, n. [Cf. G. laken.] A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6Lake — For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). Oeschinen Lake in the Swiss Alps A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the… …

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  • 7Lake — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Lake », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Lake désigne différentes choses. Patronyme Greg… …

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  • 8Lake 13 — Infobox lake lake name = Lake 13 image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Clare County, Michigan coords = type = artificial lake inflow = Runyan Creek outflow = Runyan Creek catchment = basin countries =… …

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  • 9Lake No — Infobox lake lake name = Lake No image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = coords = coord|9|29|52|N|30|27|54|E|type:waterbody region:SD 22|display=inline,title type = inflow = Bahr al Jabal, Bahr el Ghazal… …

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  • 10lake — See: GO JUMP IN THE LAKE …

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