rake 1
(rāk)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. a. To gather or move with or as if with a rake: rake leaves into a pile; rake in the gambling chips.
b. Informal To gain in abundance. Often used with in: a successful company that raked in the profits.
2. a. To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement: rake the soil for planting.
b. To move over or across swiftly or harshly: Cold winds raked the plains.
3. To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair.
4. To scrape; scratch: The cat raked my arm with its claws.
5. 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.
rak′er n.
rake 2
(rāk)n. A usually well-to-do man who is dissolute or promiscuous.
rake 3
(rāk)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.
3. a. The angle at which a roof is inclined.
b. The inclined edge of a pitched roof or the roof of a gable or dormer.
[Origin unknown.]
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raker
(ˈreɪkə) n1. a person who rakes
2. (Tools) a raking implement
3. dialect Midland English a large lump of coal
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