Rake in English dictionary

  • rake

    Meanings and definitions of "Rake"

    • A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
    • (Irish, slang) a lot, plenty.
    • (geology) the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
    • (roofing) the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
    • (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
    • (cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
    • To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.
    • To search thoroughly.
    • To spray with gunfire.
    • To claw at; to scratch.
    • To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
    • (intransitive) To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
    • (obsolete, transitive) To guide; to direct
    • A man habituated to immoral conduct.
    • (provincial, Northern England) a course; direction; stretch.
    • (provincial, Northern England, for animals) a range, stray.
    • (provincial, Northern England) To run or rove.
    • noun
      A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
    • noun
      (Ireland, slang)
      A lot, plenty.
    • noun
      (rail transport)
      A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
    • noun
      (cellular automata)
      A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
    • noun
      The scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
    • noun
      A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
    • noun
      (provincial, Northern England)
      A course; direction; stretch.
    • noun
      (provincial, Northern England, for animals)
      A range, stray.
    • noun
      A man habituated to immoral conduct.
    • noun
      Slope, divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular.
    • noun
      (geology)
      The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
    • noun
      (roofing)
      The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
    • verb
      (obsolete, transitive)
      To guide; to direct
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To incline from a perpendicular direction.
    • verb
      (provincial, Northern England)
      To run or rove.
    • verb
      To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.
    • verb
      To search thoroughly.
    • verb
      To spray with gunfire.
    • verb
      To claw at; to scratch.
    • verb
      To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
    • verb
      (Britain, dialect, dated)
      To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.
    • verb
      (Britain, dialect, dated)
      To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
    • garden tool
    • use a rake on
    • search thoroughly
    • spray with gunfire
    • a man habituated to immoral conduct
    • (to) rake
    • noun
      a dissolute man in fashionable society
    • 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"
    • verb
      examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
    • verb
      gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
    • 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
      scrape gently; "graze the skin"
    • verb
      sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

    Synonyms of "Rake" in English dictionary

    debauchee, rip, graze are the top synonyms of "Rake" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Rake

    • Conjugation of rake
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      †Archaic or obsolete.
    • rake ( plural  rakes)
    • rake ( third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza rake; lm  liczba mnoga rakes
    • rake (plural rakes)
    • rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)
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