What is "drake"

Drake \Drake\ (dr[=a]k), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water fowl. [root]207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]

1. The male of the duck kind.

2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.

   The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
   --Walton.

   Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.

   The dark drake fly, good in August.
   --Walton.

Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]

1. A dragon. [Obs.]

   Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
   --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).

2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]

   Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
   --Clarendon.

Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.]
--Dr. Prior.

"male duck," c.1300, unrecorded in Old English but may have existed then, from West Germanic *drako (cognates: Low German drake, second element of Old High German anutrehho, dialectal German Drache).

archaic for "dragon," from Old English draca "dragon, sea monster, huge serpent," from Proto-Germanic *drako (cognates: Middle Dutch and Old Frisian drake, Dutch draak, Old High German trahho, German drache), an early borrowing from Latin draco (see dragon).

Etymology 1 n. A male duck. Etymology 2

n. 1 A mayfly used as fishing bait. 2 A dragon. 3 (context historical English) A small piece of artillery.

A drake is a male duck. By different roots drake is also another word for dragon. Drake (capitalised) may refer to:

Drake is an election ward within Plymouth, Devon, England. One of the main roads from the city to Tavistock and Dartmoor runs through the ward. In the past it played an important role in the supply of water to Plymouth, and it was the location of both a fatal bomb explosion and a large unexploded bomb during the Plymouth Blitz. The University of Plymouth has its main campus in this ward and the large student population has led to part of it being designated as one of the four areas subject to Designated Public Places Orders in the city. It is also the location of the city's main railway station, museum and public library.

Drake is an Old English surname of Anglo-Saxon and Latin origin.

Drake is a masculine given name of English origin meaning "Dragon" or "Snake".

Those bearing it include:

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), known professionally as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Drake initially gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he departed the series in 2007 following the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement. He would go onto release two further independent projects before signing to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment in June 2009.

Drake would release his debut studio album, Thank Me Later, in 2010 to commercial success. Thank Me Later would debut at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was soon certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His next two releases, 2011's Take Care and 2013's Nothing Was the Same, were worldwide successes, with certifications of quadruple and triple platinum respectively in U.S. sales, with the former also earning him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. They were followed by two mixtapes, with the trap influenced If You're Reading This It's Too Late, and a collaboration with Future for What a Time to Be Alive, in 2015. Each mixtape saw widespread commercial success, with the former being certified double platinum in the U.S., as well as to rave critical reception. Drake would release his fourth album, Views, in 2016, breaking numerous chart records in the process. Views sat atop the Billboard 200 for ten nonconsecutive weeks, becoming the first album by a solo male to do so in over 10 years. It also saw Drake leading the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 simultaneously for eight weeks, breaking the previous record of seven held by both Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. It also achieved double platinum status in the U.S., and earned over 1 million album-equivalent units in the first week of its release.

Alongside his Grammy Award win, Drake has won three Juno Awards and six BET Awards. He also occupies the highest number of singles to reach number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He has the most number ones on the Hot Rap Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Charts.

Drake has developed other ventures, including his OVO Sound record label with longtime collaborator Noah "40" Shebib. Drake acts as a producer, producing under the pseudonym of Champagne Papi. Using the "OVO" moniker, Drake has his own clothing line and his own channel on Beats 1. He is also currently acting as the global ambassador for NBA franchise, the Toronto Raptors.

Several ships have been named Drake:

• Drake, a 17th-century English Navy ship, 6th rate, commanded in 1688 by John Tyrrell (Oakley)
• Drake class cruiser
• Ella Drake, U.S. wooden schooner built in 1868 Official no. 185702
• M.M. Drake, a tug built in 1879, Official no. 91151, After burning in 1899, hull rebuilt and renamed Jessie, abandoned in 1920
• L.W. Drake, U.S. wooden barge built 1881, Official no. 45145, stranded and abandoned under Canadian registry in 1903
• '' SS M.M. Drake (1882)'', U.S. wooden schooner, Official no. 91485, foundered with her tow, the schooner Michigan, off Vermilion Point in 1901