Lake
noun
A body of freshwater surrounded by land.
The picnic was held beside a beautiful lake.
Often appears as...
- swim in a lake
- fish in a lake
noun
A bright pigment used in painting and dyeing.
Pure blue lake is used to create a calming effect in the painting.
Often appears as...
- apply the lake
- deepen the lake
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A body of freshwater surrounded by land.
The picnic was held beside a beautiful lake.
Often appears as...
- swim in a lake
- fish in a lake
noun
A bright pigment used in painting and dyeing.
Pure blue lake is used to create a calming effect in the painting.
Often appears as...
- apply the lake
- deepen the lake
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Feature
Usually a lake is a natural feature, but some are man-made.
Lake Norman is a man-made lake.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Variations
Lakes vary in size, from small ponds to huge bodies like the Great Lakes.
Despite its name, the Great Salt Lake is much smaller than Lake Superior.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Lakes often have cultural or historical importance in stories and literature.
In Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake gives Excalibur to King Arthur.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Feature
Usually a lake is a natural feature, but some are man-made.
Lake Norman is a man-made lake.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Variations
Lakes vary in size, from small ponds to huge bodies like the Great Lakes.
Despite its name, the Great Salt Lake is much smaller than Lake Superior.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Lakes often have cultural or historical importance in stories and literature.
In Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake gives Excalibur to King Arthur.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Feature
Usually a lake is a natural feature, but some are man-made.
Lake Norman is a man-made lake.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Variations
Lakes vary in size, from small ponds to huge bodies like the Great Lakes.
Despite its name, the Great Salt Lake is much smaller than Lake Superior.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Lakes often have cultural or historical importance in stories and literature.
In Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake gives Excalibur to King Arthur.
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British Columbia's Fall...
When you look how over this lake, and almost every winery has a beautiful outlook, I think that's what attracts people to come here. There's something unique happening here. We've met so many passionate wine makers. They've immersed us in the process. They've left us with this feeling
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What does an alien look...
lush oasis in comparison to Mars and this is because we enjoy the luxury of life's most precious commodity water Mars did have water in its past billions of years ago it had rivers and lakes and may have looked a lot like the earth so the question is could there have been
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Can Nature Make Us...
this importance of blue spaces so that's any environment that features water could be lakes rivers canals and of course the coast and what's really interesting is it looks like the margins might be most important where those two environments the green and the blue meet
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Jonathan Foley: The...
We've doubled the flows of nitrogen and phosphorus around the world simply by using fertilizers, causing huge problems of water quality from rivers, lakes, and even oceans, and it's also the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss. So without a doubt, agriculture is
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What’s so great about...
These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange
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The nurdles' quest for...
They may be tiny, look harmless, and sound like a bunch of cartoon characters, but don't be fooled. These little guys are plotting ocean domination. Nurdles are some of the planet's most pervasive pollutants, found in lakes, rivers, and oceans across the globe.
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
But at the time we enter that lake, at the very moment we enter that lake, we are stepping back three and a half billion years in the past of another planet, and then we are going to get the answer came for. Life is everywhere, absolutely everywhere.
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How Tough is the African...
vision capability any night filming infrared all that stuff we'd been up for several hours mostly what we saw were various impala gazelle some elephant as well that had gathered around this salt lake all of a sudden it was heads up
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The Egyptian Book of the...
But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts - snakes, crocodiles, and half-human monstrosities
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Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
a lake of concentrated salt water 15 meters deep at the bottom of the sea
Video examples
British Columbia's Fall...
When you look how over this lake, and almost every winery has a beautiful outlook, I think that's what attracts people to come here. There's something unique happening here. We've met so many passionate wine makers. They've immersed us in the process. They've left us with this feeling
Video examples
What does an alien look...
lush oasis in comparison to Mars and this is because we enjoy the luxury of life's most precious commodity water Mars did have water in its past billions of years ago it had rivers and lakes and may have looked a lot like the earth so the question is could there have been
Video examples
Can Nature Make Us...
this importance of blue spaces so that's any environment that features water could be lakes rivers canals and of course the coast and what's really interesting is it looks like the margins might be most important where those two environments the green and the blue meet
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
We've doubled the flows of nitrogen and phosphorus around the world simply by using fertilizers, causing huge problems of water quality from rivers, lakes, and even oceans, and it's also the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss. So without a doubt, agriculture is
Video examples
What’s so great about...
These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange
Video examples
The nurdles' quest for...
They may be tiny, look harmless, and sound like a bunch of cartoon characters, but don't be fooled. These little guys are plotting ocean domination. Nurdles are some of the planet's most pervasive pollutants, found in lakes, rivers, and oceans across the globe.
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
But at the time we enter that lake, at the very moment we enter that lake, we are stepping back three and a half billion years in the past of another planet, and then we are going to get the answer came for. Life is everywhere, absolutely everywhere.
Video examples
How Tough is the African...
vision capability any night filming infrared all that stuff we'd been up for several hours mostly what we saw were various impala gazelle some elephant as well that had gathered around this salt lake all of a sudden it was heads up
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts - snakes, crocodiles, and half-human monstrosities
Video examples
Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
a lake of concentrated salt water 15 meters deep at the bottom of the sea
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Quote examples
Julian Barratt
English Comedian
I ran off stage at my first gig. Halfway through it, I forgot my lines and didn't know what to do, so I just ran out of the building down towards a lake. I was going to throw myself in, but the compere came out and said, 'No, it's going well, come back and finish the gig!
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Luke Bryan
American Musician
I grew up in a family where everybody had a good time and we were at the lake every weekend and going to the beach and living a good life. It's been the way we always lived, and my wife's the same way - enjoy every day and have fun.
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Little Simz
English Musician
When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write.
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Paula Poundstone
American Comedian
My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.
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Klaus Kinski
German Actor
The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake.
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Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought.
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Georges Simenon
Belgian Writer
The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.
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Steven Tyler
American Singer
I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.
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Sydney Sweeney
American Actress
I grew up on a lake on the border of Washington and Idaho.
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Wallace Stevens
American Poet
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
Quote examples
Julian Barratt
English Comedian
I ran off stage at my first gig. Halfway through it, I forgot my lines and didn't know what to do, so I just ran out of the building down towards a lake. I was going to throw myself in, but the compere came out and said, 'No, it's going well, come back and finish the gig!
Quote examples
Luke Bryan
American Musician
I grew up in a family where everybody had a good time and we were at the lake every weekend and going to the beach and living a good life. It's been the way we always lived, and my wife's the same way - enjoy every day and have fun.
Quote examples
Little Simz
English Musician
When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write.
Quote examples
Paula Poundstone
American Comedian
My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.
Quote examples
Klaus Kinski
German Actor
The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake.
Quote examples
Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought.
Quote examples
Georges Simenon
Belgian Writer
The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.
Quote examples
Steven Tyler
American Singer
I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.
Quote examples
Sydney Sweeney
American Actress
I grew up on a lake on the border of Washington and Idaho.
Quote examples
Wallace Stevens
American Poet
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
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