Definition of rake Rake
/ɹejˈk/ - [reyk] - rake
We found 57 definitions of rake from 10 different sources.
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WordNet
NounPlural: rakes |
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| rake - a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil | ||
| tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation | ||
| croupier's rake a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table | ||
| garden rake a rake used by gardeners | ||
| rake - a dissolute man in fashionable society | ||
| rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue | ||
| debauchee, libertine, rounder a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | ||
| rake - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" | ||
| pitch, slant | ||
| gradient, slope the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" | ||
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| rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves" | ||
| pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain | ||
| rake off take money from an illegal transaction | ||
| rake in, shovel in earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" | ||
| rake - level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel" | ||
| smooth, smoothen make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood" | ||
| rake - move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair" | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| rake - sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast" | ||
| sweep win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships" | ||
| enfilade rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction | ||
| rake - scrape gently; "graze the skin" | ||
| graze, crease | ||
| brush remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" | ||
| shave remove body hair with a razor | ||
| rake - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" | ||
| scan, skim, glance over, run down | ||
| examine, see question closely | ||
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Wiktionary 
- rake (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. - rake (Noun)
A lot, plenty. - rake (Noun)
The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane. - rake (Noun)
The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter. - rake (Noun)
A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons. - rake (Noun)
A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris. - rake (Noun)
The scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. - rake (Noun)
A man habituated to immoral conduct. - rake (Noun)
A course; direction; stretch. - rake (Noun)
A range, stray. - rake (Verb)
To use a rake on leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from. - rake (Verb)
To search thoroughly. - rake (Verb)
To spray with gunfire. - rake (Verb)
To claw at; to scratch. - rake (Verb)
To gather, especially quickly. - rake (Verb)
To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly. - rake (Verb)
To guide; to direct. - rake (Verb)
To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. - rake (Verb)
To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. - rake (Verb)
To run or rove.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rake (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. - rake (n.)
A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. - rake (n.)
A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. - rake (v. t.)
To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves. - rake (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. - rake (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. - rake (v. t.)
To search through; to scour; to ransack. - rake (v. t.)
To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does. - rake (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. - rake (v. i.)
To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely. - rake (v. i.)
To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along. - rake (n.)
The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc. - rake (n.)
the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel. - rake (v. i.)
To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft. - rake (n.)
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue. - rake (v. i.)
To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. - rake (v. i.)
To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rāk, n. an instrument with teeth or pins for smoothing earth, &c.: any tool consisting of a flat blade at right angles to a long handle.—v.t. to scrape with something toothed: to draw together: to gather with difficulty: to level with a rake: to search diligently: to pass over violently and swiftly: (naut.) to fire into, as a ship, lengthwise: to inter or hide, as by raking earth over a body.—v.i. to work with a rake: to search minutely.—ns. Rā′ker; Rā′king, the act or operation of using a rake: the space raked at once: the quantity collected at once with a rake: sharp criticism.—adj. such as to rake, as a raking fire.—Rake hell, to search even hell to find a person equally bad; Rake up, to cover with material raked or scraped together: to draw from oblivion, to revive. [A.S. raca, a rake; Ger. rechen, Ice. reka, a shovel.] -
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rāk, n. [Contr. of rakehell.] -
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rāk, n. (naut.) the projection of the stem and stern of a ship beyond the extremities of the keel: the inclination of a mast from the perpendicular.—v.i. to incline from the perpendicular or the horizontal.—v.t. to cause to incline or slope.—adj. Rā′kish, having a rake or inclination of the masts.—adv. Rā′kishly. [Scand., Sw. raka, to reach.] -
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rāk, n. a dissolute person: a libertine.—v.i. to lead a debauched life, esp. to make a practice of lechery.—n. Rake′hell, a rascal or villain: a debauchee.—adjs. Rake′hell, -y, dissolute.—ns. Rakehellō′nian, a rakehell; Rā′kery, dissoluteness; Rake′shame (Milt.), a base, dissolute wretch.—adj. Rā′kish, like a rake: dissolute: debauched.—adv. Rā′kishly.—n. Rā′kishness, dissoluteness: the state of being rakish or dissolute: dissolute practices. [Corr. of M. E. rakel, corr. into rakehell, shortened to rake; Scand., as Sw. rakkel, a vagabond, Ice. reikall, unsettled—reika, to wander.] -
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rāk, v.i. (prov.) to wander, to take a course, proceed: (hunting) of a hawk, to fly wide of the game: of a dog, to follow a wrong course.—Rake about (Scot.), to gad or wander about. [M. E. raken—A.S. racian, to run; confused with M. E. raiken—Ice. reika, to wander.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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the projection of the upper parts of a ship at the height of the stem, and stern, beyond the extremities of the keel. Thus if a plummet be hung from the top of a ship’s stern, so as to be level with the continuation of the keel, the distance between the after end of the keel and the plummet will be the length of the rake abaft, or the rake of the stern.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The projection of the upper parts of a ship, at both ends, beyond the extremities of the keel. Also, the deviation of the masts from the vertical line of position, reckoned from the keel forward or aft.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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rake
To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; as, to rake the enemy’s ranks.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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rake
A lewd, debauched fellow.
