rake | English to English Dictionary

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rake

(r/eI/k )

a dissolute man in fashionable society(noun.person)

Synonym:
blood, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue

source: wordnet30
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
pitch, slant

source: wordnet30
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
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)

source: webster1913
The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué.(noun)

source: webster1913

move through with or as if with a rake(verb.motion)

Example:
She raked her fingers through her hair.

source: wordnet30
level or smooth with a rake(verb.contact)

Example:
Rake gravel.

source: wordnet30
sweep the length of(verb.stative)

Example:
The gunfire raked the coast.

source: wordnet30
examine hastily(verb.perception)

Synonym:
glance over, run down, scan, skim

source: wordnet30
gather with a rake(verb.contact)

Example:
Rake leaves.

source: wordnet30
scrape gently(verb.contact)

Synonym:
crease, graze

source: wordnet30
To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.(verb)

source: webster1913
To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.(verb)

source: webster1913
To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.(verb)

source: webster1913
To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.(verb)

source: webster1913