I. ˈlāk noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, Anglo-French, & Latin; Old English lacu stream, pool, from Latin lacus lake, pool, pit & Anglo-French lac pit, from Latin lacus; akin to Old English lagu sea, Greek lakkos pond
Date: 12th century
: a considerable inland body of standing water ; also : a pool of other liquid (as lava, oil, or pitch)
• lake·like -ˌlīk adjective
II. noun
Etymology: French laque lac, from Old Occitan laca, from Arabic lakk — more at lacquer
Date: 1598
1.
a. : a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
b. : any of numerous usually bright translucent organic pigments composed essentially of a soluble dye absorbed on or combined with an inorganic carrier
2. : carmine 2
• laky ˈlā-kē adjective
III. verb
( laked ; lak·ing )
Date: 1903
transitive verb
: to cause (blood) to undergo a physiological change in which the hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma
intransitive verb
of blood : to undergo the process by which hemoglobin becomes dissolved in the plasma