drake

CEFRB2

/dɹeɪk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A male duck.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    dragon, lesser draconic creature

Examples

  • Drake earns his living by working for the lawyer.

  • Perry decided to gain information from Drake.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A male duck (animal).

  2. beaked galley, or Viking warship

  3. lesser draconic creature

More examples

In context

  • The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make

  • A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.

  • Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.