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lakes

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noun

A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

Examples :

"The heavy rain formed lakes that trickled down the hillside. "

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A large, landlocked stretch of water.

Examples :

"The school field trip took us to the beautiful lakes in the national park. "

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A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.

Examples :

"After the successful grape harvest, the winery had lakes of wine stored in its vats. "

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A pit, or ditch

Examples :

"The construction crew dug lakes to prepare the foundation for the new building. "

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An offering, sacrifice, gift.

Examples :

"The family brought lakes of fruit and flowers to honor their ancestors. "

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Play; sport; game; fun; glee.

Examples :

"The children's lakes filled the afternoon as they splashed and laughed in the garden. "

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verb

To present an offering.

Examples :

"The villagers lakes the harvest's first fruits to the river goddess, hoping for her continued blessings. "

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To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.

Examples :

"The children lakes and shouts with joy during recess. "

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A kind of fine, white linen.

Examples :

"My grandmother always used lakes for her finest tablecloths and napkins at holiday dinners. "

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In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.

Examples :

"The artist carefully mixed the crimson lakes with oil to create a vibrant, but potentially fading, red for the sunset in her painting. "

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In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.

Examples :

"For example, the name of a lake prepared by extending the aluminum salt prepared from FD&C Blue No. 1 upon the substratum would be FD&C Blue No. 1--Aluminum Lake."

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To make lake-red.

Examples :

"She lakes her lipstick by mixing it with a tiny bit of crimson pigment to achieve the perfect, reddish-lake shade. "