[lake] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OF lac lake, fr. L lacus; akin to OE lagu sea, Gk lakkos pond] (12c): a considerable inland body of standing water; also: a pool of other liquid (as lava, oil, or pitch) -- lake.like adj
[2]lake n [F laque lac, fr. OProv laca, fr. Ar lakk--more at lacquer] (1598) 1 a: a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal b: any of numerous usu. bright translucent organic pigments composed essentially of a soluble dye absorbed on or combined with an inorganic carrier
2: carmine
2. -- laky adj [3]lake vb laked ; lak.ing vt (1903): to cause (blood) to undergo a physiological change in which the hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma ~ vi, of blood: to undergo the process by which hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma