Drake Meaning
/dɹeɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA male duck.
nounA male duck (animal).
Sentence Examples
Perry decided to gain information from Drake.
Drake earns his living by working for the lawyer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer pointed to the colorful ____ swimming in the pond with the ducks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Perry decided to gain information from ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death."
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 202:
"Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert."
— 2016, Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire: Book One of Draconis Memoria:
"Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger."
— 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
"Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards."
— 2004, Torey Hayden, chapter 4, in Twilight Children, HarperCollins UK, published 2013, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer pointed to the colorful ____ swimming in the pond with the ducks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Perry decided to gain information from ____.