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# lake

«lake» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big area of water with land all around it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lake, lakes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lake is a big area of water with land all around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#m1)

2) Most lakes have fresh water, not salty sea water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#m2)

3) A lake can also be a pool of something else, like «a lake of lava». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a place in a story; birds, boats or fish on a lake; distance around a lake (a perimeter). In geography: the Great Lakes of North America, Lake Taupō in New Zealand; rivers flow into and out of lakes. In everyday life and safety: swimming, boating, ice skating on lakes. Phrases: «on the lake», «in the lake», «around the lake», «lakeside».

### examples

- There are 20 ducks on the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x1)
- The path around the lake is 3 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x2)
- They walked to the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x3)
- 8 boats are on the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x4)
- We swam in the lake in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x5)
- The Great Lakes are between Canada and the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x6)
- Never walk on a frozen lake unless an adult says the ice is safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x7)
- Fish and frogs live in the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a lake». Capital letter in names: «Lake Superior». A pond is smaller; the sea is salty and much bigger. Maths: a place; the distance around it is a perimeter. Trap: walking around the lake twice doubles the distance. Safety: swim only where it is allowed and with an adult.

### In the corpora

- [American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/15/)
- [A simile compares two things using "like" or "as": "The lake was as flat as a plate."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/11/)
- [Lakes and rivers can be much colder and deeper than they look.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/12/)
- [Ice on ponds and lakes can look solid but be too thin to hold a person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/21/)
- [Lakes can be freezing even in summer, distances are hard to judge, and the sea has tides, waves and animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lake» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lake/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.