'Drake' definitions:
Definition of 'Drake'
From: WordNet
noun
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) [syn: Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake]
noun
Adult male of a wild or domestic duck
Definition of 'Drake'
From: GCIDE
- Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
- 1. A dragon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drake'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Drake'
From: GCIDE
- Drake \Drake\ (dr[=a]k), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water fowl. [root]207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]
- 1. The male of the duck kind. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly. [1913 Webster]
- The drake will mount steeple height into the air. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
- Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. [1913 Webster]
- The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Bantam,
- banty,
- barn-door fowl,
- barnyard fowl,
- biddy,
- billy,
- billy goat,
- boar,
- broiler,
- brooder,
- broody hen,
- bubbly-jock,
- buck,
- bull,
- bullock,
- capon,
- chanticleer,
- chick,
- chickabiddy,
- chicken,
- chicky,
- cock,
- cockerel,
- dog,
- domestic fowl,
- duck,
- duckling,
- dunghill fowl,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- fowl,
- fryer,
- game fowl,
- gander,
- gobbler,
- goose,
- gosling,
- guinea cock,
- guinea fowl,
- guinea hen,
- hart,
- he-goat,
- hen,
- hen turkey,
- partlet,
- peacock,
- poulard,
- poult,
- poultry,
- pullet,
- ram,
- roaster,
- rooster,
- setting hen,
- spring chicken,
- stag,
- stallion,
- steer,
- stewing chicken,
- stot,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- tom,
- tom turkey,
- tomcat,
- top cow,
- top horse,
- tup,
- turkey,
- turkey gobbler,
- turkey-cock,
- wether
Drake, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Drake, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
322
Housing Units (2000) :
201
Land area (2000) :
1.973850 sq. miles (5.112249 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.047390 sq. miles (0.122740 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.021240 sq. miles (5.234989 sq. km)
FIPS code :
20300
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
47.923793 N, 100.371284 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
58736
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.