drake
noun
- (in fishing) a natural or artificial mayfly, especially a subadult or gravid female
noun
- any of various grasses commonly regarded as agricultural weeds, esp. rye brome (Bromus secalinus) and wild oat (Avena fatua)
noun
- male duck
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɹeɪk/
name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from both senses of the noun drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon." * As a German surname, from Low German drake (“dragon”), related to the above. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized/West Flemish variant of Draak, also related to the above.
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
- An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
“Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.”
- A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A ward of Plymouth, Devon, England; named for aqueduct Drake's Leat, itself for Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth at the time of its construction.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon.
- dragon
“Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.”
- dragon
- beaked galley, or Viking warship
- small piece of artillery
“Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.”
- a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
“The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make”
- mayfly
- mayfly