rake 1 (r k)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. Phrasal Verb: 1. To use a rake. 2. To conduct a thorough search: raked through the files for the misplaced letter. rake up Idiom: To revive or bring to light; uncover: rake up old gossip. rake over the coals To reprimand severely. [Middle English, from Old English raca; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] rak  er n. |
| rake 2 (rk) n. An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine. [Short for rakehell.] |
| rake 3 (rk) intr. & tr.v. raked, rak·ing, rakes To slant or cause to incline from the perpendicular: propeller blades that rake backward from the shaft; rake a ship's mast. n. 1. Inclination from the perpendicular: the rake of a jet plane's wings. 2. The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied. [Origin unknown.] |
rake up
vb
(tr, adverb) to revive, discover, or bring to light (something forgotten) to rake up an old quarrel
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? rake up
vt sep
leaves → zusammenharken
(fig) people, things, money → auftreiben (inf)
fire → schüren; (fig) quarrel → schüren; memories, grievance → aufwärmen; to rake up the past → in der Vergangenheit wühlen
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