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a large area of water enclosed by land

inland body of water

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Cases of word usage

1) castrated lake pig reared for meat; a greedy, selfish person (hog)

2) a lake separated from the sea by a sandbank or coral reef (lagoon)

3) (Scot) a lake (loch)

4) soft liquid mud, especially on a river-bed, the bottom of a pond, lake etc; (of moisture, thick liquid) to pass slowly through small openings (ooze)

5) a sheet of cloth spread to catch the wind and move a boat or ship forward; (of a person) (to cause a ship etc) to travel across the sea, a lake etc; (of a ship etc) to travel in water (sail)

6) the land at the edge of a sea or lake (shore)

7) an apparatus for regulating the level of water by controlling the flow into or out of a canal, lake etc; a channel for water (sluice)

8) a small mountain lake (tarn)

LAKE as in Wiktionary
LAKE as in Wikipedia