rake

[rake]

If it’s fall and the yard is covered with leaves, you'll want to get out the rake, a long handled tool with a row of tines. Either that, or get out the excuses and leave the leaves where they lie.

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An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

Noun
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

Noun
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"

Noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society

Verb
scrape gently; "graze the skin"

Verb
gather with a rake; "rake leaves"

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Verb
level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"

Verb
move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"

Verb
examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

Verb
sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

n.
An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

n.
A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

n.
A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.

v. t.
To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

v. t.
To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

v. t.
To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.

v. t.
To search through; to scour; to ransack.

v. t.
To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.

v. t.
To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.

v. i.
To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

v. i.
To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

n.
The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.

n.
the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

v. i.
To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

n.
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.

v. i.
To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

v. i.
To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

Rake

Rake , n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG, rehho, G. rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. to stretch out, and E. rack to stretch. Cf. Reckon.] 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth. 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. 3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. (Anat.) See under 1st Gill.

Rake

Rake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raked; p. pr. & vb. n. Raking.] [AS. racian. See 1st Rake.] 1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves. 2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town. 3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed. 4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.
The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.
Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.
6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck. To rake up. (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and cover with ashes. (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again; as, to rake up old scandals.

Rake

Rake , v. i. 1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words.
2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Pas could not stay, but over him did rake.

Rake

Rake, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. raka to reach, and E. reach.] To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially (Naut., the inclination of a mast or tunnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

Rake

Rake, v. i. To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft. Raking course (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen.

Rake

Rake, n. [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering, unsettled, reika to wander.] A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou'82.
Am illiterate and frivolous old rake.

Rake

Rake, v. i. 1. [Icel. reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee.] To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.] 2. [See Rake a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. Shenstone. To rake out (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; -- said of the hawk. Encyc. Brit.

An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.

To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou'82.

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

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Usage Examples

Can you imagine a guy breaking into your car, and he steals your guitar case 'cause he thinks it's a guitar, and he gets it home and opens it up and there's a rake inside it, an electric toilet plunger and a dog skull? That actually happened.

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