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.] |
rake1
n
1. (Engineering / Tools) a hand implement consisting of a row of teeth set in a headpiece attached to a long shaft and used for gathering hay, straw, leaves, etc., or for smoothing loose earth
2. (Engineering / Tools) any of several mechanical farm implements equipped with rows of teeth or rotating wheels mounted with tines and used to gather hay, straw, etc.
3. (Engineering / Tools) any of various implements similar in shape or function, such as a tool for drawing out ashes from a furnace
4. the act of raking
5. (Transport / Railways) NZ a line of wagons coupled together as one unit, used on railways
vb
1. to scrape, gather, or remove (leaves, refuse, etc.) with or as if with a rake
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) to level or prepare (a surface, such as a flower bed) with a rake or similar implement
3. (tr; sometimes foll by out) to clear (ashes, clinker, etc.) from (a fire or furnace)
4. (tr; foll by up or together) to gather (items or people) with difficulty, as from a scattered area or limited supply
5. (tr; often foll by through, over etc.) to search or examine carefully
6. (when intr, foll by against, along etc.) to scrape or graze the ship raked the side of the quay
7. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target) machine-guns raked the column
rake2
n
a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué
[short for rakehell]
rake3
vb (mainly intr)
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern
2. (tr) to construct with a backward slope
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the degree to which an object, such as a ship's mast, inclines from the perpendicular, esp towards the stern
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre the slope of a stage from the back towards the footlights
3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) Aeronautics
a. the angle between the wings of an aircraft and the line of symmetry of the aircraft
b. the angle between the line joining the centroids of the section of a propeller blade and a line perpendicular to the axis
4. (Engineering / General Engineering) the angle between the working face of a cutting tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a slanting ledge running across a crag in the Lake District
[of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German ragen to project, Swedish raka]
rake4
vb (intr)
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) (of hawks)
a. to pursue quarry in full flight
b. (often foll by away) to fly wide of the quarry, esp beyond the control of the falconer
[Old English racian to go forward, of uncertain origin]
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | rake - a dissolute man in fashionable society |
| 2. | rake - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep 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" |
| 2. | rake - level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel" | |
| 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" | |
| 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 off - take money from an illegal transaction | |
| 6. | rake - scrape gently; "graze the skin" brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
rake1
verb
1. scrape, level, smooth, break up, scratch, flatten, scour, harrow, hoe The beach is raked and cleaned daily.
2. gather, collect, scrape together, scrape up, remove I watched the men rake leaves into heaps.
5. (with through) search, hunt, examine, scan, comb, scour, ransack, forage, scrutinize, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) Many can only survive by raking through dustbins.
rake2
Translations
rake1 [reɪk]
rake2 [reɪk] N (= dissolute man) → calavera m
old rake → viejo m verde
rake3 [reɪk]
A. N (= garden rake) → rastrillo m
B. VT
1. (Agr etc) [+ sand, leaves, soil] → rastrillar; [+ fire] → hurgar
2. (= strafe) [+ ship, file of men] → barrer
rake in VT + ADV
1. [+ gambling chips] → recoger
2. they raked in a profit of £100 → sacaron 100 libras de ganancia
he rakes in £50 on every deal → se toma una tajada de 50 libras de cada negocio
he must be raking it in → está acuñando dinero
he rakes in £50 on every deal → se toma una tajada de 50 libras de cada negocio
he must be raking it in → está acuñando dinero
rake off VT + ADV
2. [+ share of profits, commission] → sacar
rake over VT + ADV [+ flowerbed] → rastrillar (fig) [+ memories, past] → remover
rake together VT + ADV → reunir or recoger con el rastrillo (fig) [+ money] → reunir
we managed to rake a team together → por fin logramos formar un equipo
we managed to rake a team together → por fin logramos formar un equipo
rake up VT + ADV [+ subject] → sacar a relucir; [+ memories, the past] → remover
why did you have to rake that up? → ¿para qué has vuelto a mencionar eso?
why did you have to rake that up? → ¿para qué has vuelto a mencionar eso?
rake2 [reɪk] N (= dissolute man) → calavera m
old rake → viejo m verde
rake3 [reɪk]
A. N (Archit, Naut) → inclinación f
B. VT → inclinar
rake [ˈreɪk]
vt
[+ garden, soil, leaves] → ratisser
[+ fire] → tisonner
(with machine gun, lights) → balayer
he's raking it in → il engrange les bénéfices
He raked through her last diary for clues → Il éplucha son dernier agenda pour trouver des indices.
rake-off [ˈreɪkɒf] n → pourcentage m
rake in
vt sep [+ profits, money] → engrangerhe's raking it in → il engrange les bénéfices
rake over
vt fus [+ the past] → remuerrake through
vt fus (= search) [+ debris, rubbish] → fouiller dansHe raked through her last diary for clues → Il éplucha son dernier agenda pour trouver des indices.
rake up
vt sep [+ the past] → remuerrake-off [ˈreɪkɒf] n → pourcentage m
rake1
rake2
rake3
n (= garden rake, croupier’s rake) → Harke f, → Rechen m (dial); (for grate) → Kaminrechen m; (for furnace) → Ofenkrücke f
vt
garden, hay, leaves → harken, rechen (dial); grate → säubern; fire → ausräumen; to rake somebody/something over the coals (US fig) → jdn/etw ordentlich runterputzen (inf)
(machine gun, searchlight) → bestreichen
(liter, nails, branches) → kratzen
vi (= search) to rake around or about → (herum)wühlen, (herum)stöbern; to rake through old papers → in alten Papieren wühlen or stöbern
rake2
rake3
n (Naut, of mast) → schiefe Stellung, Neigung f; (of stage, seating) → Neigung f; (Aviat, of wing) → Anstellwinkel m; (Aut, of seat) → verstellbare Rückenlehne
rake1 [reɪk]
rake1 [reɪk]
rake2 [reɪk] n (old) (dissolute man) → libertino
rake2 [reɪk] n (old) (dissolute man) → libertino
1. n (tool) → rastrello
2. vt (sand, leaves, soil) → rastrellare; (strafe, ship, row of men) → spazzare
rake in vt + adv (fam) (money) → fare
they raked in a profit of £1,000 → ci hanno fatto un guadagno di 1.000 sterline
they raked in a profit of £1,000 → ci hanno fatto un guadagno di 1.000 sterline
rake off vt + adv (fam) (share of profit) → intascare
rake over vt + adv (fig) → rivangare
rake1 [reɪk]
1. n (tool) → rastrello
2. vt (sand, leaves, soil) → rastrellare; (strafe, ship, row of men) → spazzare
rake in vt + adv (fam) (money) → fare
they raked in a profit of £1,000 → ci hanno fatto un guadagno di 1.000 sterline
they raked in a profit of £1,000 → ci hanno fatto un guadagno di 1.000 sterline
rake off vt + adv (fam) (share of profit) → intascare
rake over vt + adv (fig) → rivangare
rake2 [reɪk] n (old) (dissolute man) → libertino
rake2 [reɪk] n (old) (dissolute man) → libertino
n rake [reik]
1 a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc. hark مِمْشَطَه، آلة تَمْشيط гребло hrábě rive der Rechen τσουγκράνα rastrillo reha شن کش؛ برگ جمع کن harava râteau מַגרֵפָה रेक grablje gereblye penggaruk hrífa rastrello くま手 갈퀴 grėblys, grėbiamoji grābeklis pencakar hark rive, rake grabie ancinho greblă грабли hrable grablje grabulje räfsa, kratta คราด (ใช้ในการทำสวน) tırmık 耙子 граблі; скребачка جھانپا cái cào 耙子
2 any similar tool a croupier's rake in a casino. harkie أي آلة تُشْبِه آلة التَّمْشيط лопатка на крупие hrabičky rive der Rechen φτυαράκι του κρουπιέρη rastrillo reha جمع آوری hara râteau מַגרֵפָה जुए की बिसात से रूपया समेटने का यंत्र grablje lapát pengeruk hrífa, skafa rastrello くま手状の道具 갈퀴 모양의 도구 brauklys, grėbyklė krupjē lāpstiņa pencakar di kasino harken rive, rake grabki rodo lopăţică (a crupierului) что-л. похожее на грабли; лопаточка hrabličky grabljica grabulje raka, skrapa ที่กวาดเงินบนโต๊ะพนัน ... tırmığı 像耙子的工具 лопаточка круп'є دانتی cái gạt tiền trong sòng bạc （赌场上的）钱耙
3 the act of raking to give the soil a rake. hark تَمْشيط الأرْض изгребване (u)hrabání rive das Rechen τσουγκράνισμα acción de pasar el rastrillo rehitsemine شیار haravointi coup de râteau גֵרוּף जुए की बिसात से रूपया समेटना grabljanje gereblyézés menggaruk raka rastrellata くま手でかくこと 갈퀴로 끌어 모으기 grėbimas grābšana meratakan tanah het harken raking zagrabienie passagem com ancinho greblare рыхление; разравнивание hrabanie grabljenje grabuljanje krattning การลาดเอียง tırmıklama 耙 загрібання کھیتوں کو ہموار کرنے کا کام hành động cào, gạt 耙（地）
v
1 to smooth or gather with a rake I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later. hark يُمَشِّط العُشْب оглаждам hrabat jævne; rive sammen rechen καθαρίζω με τσουγκράνα rastrillar riisuma صاف کردن و جمع کردن haravoida ratisser לְגָרֵף जमा करना izgrabljati gereblyéz mengeruk raka (saman) rastrellare かきならす 갈퀴로 긁어모으다 (su)grėbti []grābt mengumpul harken rake grabić passar com ancinho a grebla сгребать; заравнивать hrabať grabiti grabuljati kratta, räfsa กวาดด้วยคราด tırmıklamak, tırmıkla düzeltmek 耙平，耙成堆 зарівнювати; загрібати مشین سے گھاس جمع کرنا cào 耙草
2 (often without) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc. uithark, uitkrap يُمَشِّط الرَّماد изгребвам пепелта prohrábnout rage harken μαζεύω τη στάχτη hurgar roobitsema آتش را با خاکستر پوشاندن vetää enlever les cendres du feu לְגָרֵף राख इत्यादि को हटाना razgrnuti (vatru) szétkotorja a tüzet mengeruk skara pulire, raccogliere 灰をかく 재를 긁어내다 išgrėb(sty)ti []grābt mencakar oppoken kare wygarnąć tirar as cinzas a scoate cenuşa din foc выгребать prehrabať izgrebsti razgrnuti raka, skrapa กวาดเงินบนโต๊ะพนัน küllerini ayırmak 用火鉗清掉爐灰 згрібати راکھ ہٹانا gạt 耙炉灰
3 to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire. moker يُطْلِق النّار من جِهَةٍ إلى أخْرى обстрелвам pokropit palbou beskyde bestreichen γαζώνω με σφαίρες barrer valangutega katma از دو سو به آتش بستن؛ زیر آتش شدید گرفتن pyyhkiä mitrailler לְרַסֵס בִּירִיוֹת गोले दागना pokositi végigpásztáz memberondong láta dynja á mitragliare 掃射する 기총 소사하다 apšaudyti (išilgine ugnimi) apšaudīt menembak beschieten bestryke, holde under ild ostrzelać varrer a tiro a mitralia обстреливать продольным огнём zasypať paľbou prerešetati pucati bestryka, beskjuta ใช้ปืนเล็งเป้าหมาย taramak 掃射 обстрілювати поздовжнім вогнем, змітати نشانہ لگانا lia súng 扫射
rake through
to make a thorough search I'm raking through these boxes of old clothes. deursoek يقومُ بِبَحْثٍ شامِل търся старателно prohrabat lede igennem durchstöbern σκαλίζω (μτφ.), ψάχνω σχολαστικά registrar, buscar en; escudriñar tuhnima, läbi kammima به دقت بررسی کردن haravoida fouiller dans לְחַטֵט, לִנבוֹר तलाश करना prekopavati átfésül memeriksa, membongkar leita, rannsaka, fara í gegnum rovistare in くまなく探す 샅샅이 찾다 apieškoti, naršyti rakņāties; pārmeklēt menggeledah doorzoeken gjennomsøke/-rote przetrząsać esquadrinhar a scotoci тщательно искать prehrabať prebrskati kopati leta (gå) igenom รื้อ; คุดคุ้ยเอกสาร araştırmak 徹底搜索 прочісувати تلاش کرنا lục soát 搜索
rake up
to find out and tell or remind people about (something, usually something unpleasant that would be better forgotten). ophaal يُذَكِّر بِشَيء يُفَضَّل نِسْيانُه хокам vyhrabat rippe op i aufrühren βγάζω στη φόρα, ανασκαλεύω desenterrar, remover, sacar a relucir minevikus urgitsema کاشف به عمل آوردن؛ اطلاعات به دست آوردن kaivaa esiin attiser (une ancienne querelle) לְהַזכִּיר कठिनाई से खोजना, गड़े-मुर्दे उखाड़ना iznositi stare događaje előkotor memperingatkan draga fram í dagsljósið rivangare あばき立てる 생각나게 하다 priminti uzvandīt; izrakt mengungkit oprakelen rippe opp i, få fram i lyset odgrzebać remexer em a stârni/ a reînvia (o veche dispută) ворошить vyhrabať izbrskati kopati po riva upp, rota fram รื้อฟื้นเรื่องเก่า eşelemek, kurcalamak 重提或翻出(傷心往事) ворушити کسی واقعہ کو قابل ذکر بنانا gợi lại 重提某事（伤心事）
rake → آلة جمع الأعشاب hrábě rive Harke τσουγκράνα rastrillo harava râteau grablje rastrello 熊手 갈퀴 hark rive grabie ancinho, rastelo грабли kratta คราด tırmık cái cào 耙子
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