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lake

See

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Englisch > Deutsch
lake
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Gewässer: der See: Stillgewässer, das vollständig von einer Landfläche umgeben ist
[1] Yesterday I swam in a big lake.
Gestern schwamm ich in einem großen See.
[1] "There is the calmness of the lake when there is not a breath of wind; there is the calmness of a stagnant ditch."
Englisch > Englisch
lake
1. subst. (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
2. subst. A large, landlocked stretch of water.
3. subst. A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
4. subst. (obsolete) A pit, or ditch
5. subst. (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
6. subst. (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
7. v. (obsolete) To present an offering.
8. v. (chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
9. subst. (obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.
10. subst. 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.
11. v. To make lake-red.
Deutsch > Englisch
See
1. n-m. lake
Dieser See ist sehr klein. - This lake is very small.
2. n-f. (singular only) sea, ocean
Mein Großvater ist als Fischer zur See gefahren. - My grandfather went to sea as a fisherman.
3. n-f. (nautical) sea, sea condition, swell
Die See ist heute sehr ruhig. - The sea is very calm today.