rake

rake ¹  (rk)

n.

1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.

2. A device that resembles such an implement.

v. raked, rak·ing, rakes

v.tr.

1. To gather or move with or as if with a rake: rake leaves; rake in the gambling chips.

2. To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement: rake the soil for planting.

3. Informal To gain in abundance. Often used with in: a successful company that raked in the profits.

4. To search or examine thoroughly; ransack.

5. To scrape; scratch.

6. To aim heavy gunfire along the length of.

v.intr.

1. To use a rake.

2. To conduct a thorough search: raked through the files for the misplaced letter.

Phrasal Verb:

rake up

To revive or bring to light; uncover: rake up old gossip.

Idiom:

rake over the coals

To reprimand severely.

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[Middle English, from Old English raca; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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raker n.

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rake ²  (rk)

n.

An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine.

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[Short for rakehell.]

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rake ¹

Noun

1. a farm or garden tool consisting of a row of teeth set in a headpiece attached to a long shaft and used for gathering leaves or straw, or for smoothing loose earth

2. any of various implements similar in shape or function

Verb

[raking, raked]

1. to scrape or gather with a rake

2. to smooth (a surface) with a rake

3. Also: (rake out) to clear (ashes) from (a fire)

4. rake together or up to gather (items or people) with difficulty, as from a limited supply

5. to search or examine carefully: raking over the past is not always popular

6. to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target): the machine guns raked up and down their line

7. to scrape or graze: he raked the tip of his shoe across the pavement

See also rake in, rake-off, etc. [Old English raca]

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rake ²

Noun

an immoral man [short for rakehell]

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rake ³

Noun

the degree to which an object slopes

Verb

[raking, raked]

1. to slope from the vertical, esp. (of a ship's mast) towards the stern

2. to construct with a backward slope [origin unknown]

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Rake colts or mules, collectively; a row or series.

Examples: rake of colts—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486; rake of hutches (a string of horses), 1901.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rake - a dissolute man in fashionable society profligate, rakehell, rip, roue, blood debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
	2.	rake - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" slant, pitch gradient, slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" loft - (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
	3.	rake - a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil 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 handle - the handle of a rake tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Verb	1.	rake - move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	2.	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"
	3.	rake - sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast" sweep - cover the entire range of enfilade - rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
	4.	rake - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" glance over, scan, skim, run down examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
	5.	rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves" gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" rake in, shovel in - earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" rake off - take money from an illegal transaction
	6.	rake - scrape gently; "graze the skin" crease, graze brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

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rake ¹

verb 1. scrape, break up, scratch, scour, harrow, hoe

verb 2. gather, collect, scrape together, scrape up, remove

verb 3. strafe, pepper, enfilade

verb 4. graze, scratch, scrape

verb 5. (with through) search, hunt, examine, scan, comb, scour, ransack, forage, scrutinize, fossick Austral., N.Z.

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rake ²

noun libertine, playboy, swinger (slang) profligate, lecher, roué, sensualist, voluptuary, debauchee, rakehell (archaic) dissolute man, lech or letch (informal) << OPPOSITE puritan

Translations

rake [reɪk] n (tool) → rastrillo;

(person) → libertino

vt [+ garden] → rastrillar [+ fire]; hurgar;

(with machine gun) → barrer

rake in, rake together vt → sacar

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rake [reɪk] n (= tool) → râteau m (= person); débauché m

vt [+ garden] → ratisser [+ fire]; tisonner;

(with machine gun) → balayer

vi to rake through (fig) (= search); fouiller (dans)

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rake [reɪk] n → Harke f;

(old) (person) → Schwerenöter m

vt → harken;

(light, gun) (area) → bestreichen;

he's raking it in (inf) → er scheffelt das Geld nur so

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rake [reɪk] n (tool) → rastrello;

(person) → libertino

vt [+ garden] → rastrellare;

(with machine gun) → spazzare

vi to rake through (fig) (= search); frugare tra