noun A male duck.
- A drake paddled across the pond, followed by three ducklings and their mother.
- The farmer kept a single drake with his flock of ducks.
- You can tell a drake from a hen duck by its brighter, glossier feathers.
noun A dragon, especially a smaller or lesser one in folklore and fantasy fiction.
- The game's hero had to defeat a fierce drake lurking in the mountains.
- In the fantasy novel, a tame drake curled up beside the wizard's fire.
- In the story, a young drake guarded the entrance to the cave.
noun A type of small cannon, or an old beaked warship such as a Viking longship.
- The museum displays a small bronze drake that once guarded a castle wall.
- Sailors in the old saga rowed their drake across the gray, choppy sea.
- A carved dragon's head decorated the prow of the drake as it left the harbor.
