'Lake' definitions:

Definition of 'lake'

(from WordNet)
noun
A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
noun
A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
noun
Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

Definition of 'Lake'

From: GCIDE
  • Lake \Lake\ (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]

Definition of 'Lake'

From: GCIDE
  • Lake \Lake\, n. [Cf. G. laken.] A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lake'

From: GCIDE
  • Lake \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 or less extended area. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. [1913 Webster]
  • Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland.
  • Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See Crannog.
  • Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in lakes.
  • Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
  • Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and lakists.
  • Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
  • Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
  • Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
  • Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lake'

From: GCIDE
  • Lake \Lake\ (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 Webster]

Lake, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
408
Housing Units (2000) :
159
Land area (2000) :
1.102019 sq. miles (2.854217 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.102019 sq. miles (2.854217 sq. km)
FIPS code :
38600
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
32.343228 N, 89.328193 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
39092
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Lake -- U.S. County in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000) :
644356
Housing Units (2000) :
225919
Land area (2000) :
447.563704 sq. miles (1159.184623 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
920.386660 sq. miles (2383.790404 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1367.950364 sq. miles (3542.975027 sq. km)
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
42.313322 N, 87.983801 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Indiana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000) :
484564
Housing Units (2000) :
194992
Land area (2000) :
496.984821 sq. miles (1287.184722 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
129.358041 sq. miles (335.035775 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
626.342862 sq. miles (1622.220497 sq. km)
Located within :
Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location :
41.529603 N, 87.395253 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Montana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000) :
26507
Housing Units (2000) :
13605
Land area (2000) :
1493.773858 sq. miles (3868.856367 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
159.946525 sq. miles (414.259580 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1653.720383 sq. miles (4283.115947 sq. km)
Located within :
Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location :
47.652922 N, 114.126444 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Minnesota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
11058
Housing Units (2000) :
6840
Land area (2000) :
2099.159616 sq. miles (5436.798216 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
891.661842 sq. miles (2309.393470 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2990.821458 sq. miles (7746.191686 sq. km)
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
47.500149 N, 91.469111 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Michigan

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000) :
11333
Housing Units (2000) :
13498
Land area (2000) :
567.435063 sq. miles (1469.650004 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
7.168657 sq. miles (18.566736 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
574.603720 sq. miles (1488.216740 sq. km)
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
43.951418 N, 85.831863 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000) :
227511
Housing Units (2000) :
93487
Land area (2000) :
228.211516 sq. miles (591.065088 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
750.653787 sq. miles (1944.184300 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
978.865303 sq. miles (2535.249388 sq. km)
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
41.693346 N, 81.303633 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Oregon

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Oregon
Population (2000) :
7422
Housing Units (2000) :
3999
Land area (2000) :
8135.753031 sq. miles (21071.502721 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
222.712079 sq. miles (576.821612 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
8358.465110 sq. miles (21648.324333 sq. km)
Located within :
Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location :
42.713376 N, 120.576980 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Tennessee

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000) :
7954
Housing Units (2000) :
2716
Land area (2000) :
163.417360 sq. miles (423.249002 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
30.377450 sq. miles (78.677230 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
193.794810 sq. miles (501.926232 sq. km)
Located within :
Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location :
36.333874 N, 89.485338 W

Lake -- U.S. County in South Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
11276
Housing Units (2000) :
5282
Land area (2000) :
563.228625 sq. miles (1458.755381 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
11.827532 sq. miles (30.633165 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
575.056157 sq. miles (1489.388546 sq. km)
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.019761 N, 97.099990 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Colorado

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000) :
7812
Housing Units (2000) :
3913
Land area (2000) :
376.892949 sq. miles (976.148215 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
7.006642 sq. miles (18.147119 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
383.899591 sq. miles (994.295334 sq. km)
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
39.214575 N, 106.310225 W

Lake -- U.S. County in Florida

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000) :
210528
Housing Units (2000) :
102830
Land area (2000) :
953.150059 sq. miles (2468.647214 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
203.248529 sq. miles (526.411252 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1156.398588 sq. miles (2995.058466 sq. km)
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
28.795924 N, 81.747696 W

Lake -- U.S. County in California

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lake -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000) :
58309
Housing Units (2000) :
32528
Land area (2000) :
1257.958823 sq. miles (3258.098255 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
71.520402 sq. miles (185.236984 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1329.479225 sq. miles (3443.335239 sq. km)
Located within :
California (CA), FIPS 06
Location :
39.023264 N, 122.751791 W

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