drake

Speech parts

1. drake - Noun

2. Drake - Proper noun

Meaning

The male of the duck kind.

The drake fly.

A dragon.

A small piece of artillery.

Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

derrick dragon duck mallard serpent rooster draco boar manticore mayfly naga dragonet tarragon Francis Drake wyvern
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Antonyms

duck old gaudy ordinary familiar plain
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Hypernyms

duck

Phrases with the word

drake university city drake fly

Anagrams

daker raked darke dekar Kader Radke Kedar

Examples

The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a new concept of time and distance to the affairs of men. It demands adaptability to change, places a premium on quickness of thought and speed of action. Charles Lindbergh

Never since Drake and Raleigh won Our freedom of the seas, Have sons of Britain dared and done More valiantly than these. Alfred Noyes

I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan. Catherine McCormack

Eddie Drake is sort of this loose cannon, funny, edgy guy, who has this really foolish, foolish mustache. Lee Tergesen

Who wants to win a gander, you need to weigh Drake. Italian Proverb

Who wants to win a gander, you need to weigh Drake. Provençal Proverb

Close letter words and terms

draisienne draisine Draize test Drake equation drake fly Drake Passage