RAKE

rake

(noun) a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

pitch, rake, slant

(noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; “the roof had a steep pitch”

rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue

(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society

graze, crease, rake

(verb) scrape gently; “graze the skin”

rake

(verb) gather with a rake; “rake leaves”

rake

(verb) level or smooth with a rake; “rake gravel”

rake

(verb) move through with or as if with a rake; “She raked her fingers through her hair”

scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down

(verb) examine hastily; “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rake (plural rakes)

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc, for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

Synonym: horserake (horse-drawn rake)

(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

(gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.

Etymology 2

Verb

rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)

To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.

(transitive, also, figurative) Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.

(transitive) Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.

(ambitransitive, figurative) To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.

(ambitransitive, figurative) Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.

(ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).

Synonyms: comb, comb through, go over or through with a fine-tooth comb, scour

(ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.

(transitive, chiefly, Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, also, figurative) To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.

Noun

rake (plural rakes)

The act of raking.

Something that is raked.

A share of profits, takings, etc, especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.

(chiefly, Ireland, Scotland, slang) A lot, plenty.

Etymology 3

Noun

rake (plural rakes)

(Northern England and climbing, also, figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.

(mining) A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.

(Britain, originally, Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

Synonym: consist

(systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

(Midlands, Northern England) Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”)

Verb

rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)

Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly, Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)

Etymology 4

Verb

rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)

(intransitive, chiefly, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.

(intransitive, falconry) Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.

Noun

rake (plural rakes)

(Scotland) Rate of progress; pace, speed.

Etymology 5

Verb

rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)

(ambitransitive) To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.

Synonym: slope

(nautical) Senses relating to watercraft.

(transitive) To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).

(intransitive, rare) Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.

Noun

rake (plural rakes)

A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.

(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).

(geology) The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.

(nautical) Senses relating to watercraft.

A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.

A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.

(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.

Etymology 6

Noun

rake (plural rakes)

A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

Synonym: roué

Verb

rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)

(intransitive, dated, rare) To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

Synonym: Thesaurus:harlotize

Anagrams

• KERA, Kear, aker, reak

Proper noun

Rake (plural Rakes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rake is the 16265^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1773 individuals. Rake is most common among White (90.75%) individuals.

Anagrams

• KERA, Kear, aker, reak

Source: Wiktionary

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Rake, n. Etym: [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG, rehho, G. rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. rack to stretch. Cf. Reckon.]

1. 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.

2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining)

Definition: A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. (Anat.) See under 1st Gill.

Rake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raked; p. pr. & vb. n. Raking.] Etym: [AS. racian. See 1st Rake.]

1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

2. Hence:

Definition: 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.

3. 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.

4. To search through; to scour; to ransack. The statesman rakes the town to find a plot. Swift.

5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does. Like clouds that rake the mountain summits. Wordsworth.

6. (Mil.)

Definition: 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. To rake up. (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and cover with ashes. (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again; as, to rake up old scandals.

Rake, v. i.

1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely. One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words. Dryden.

2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along. Pas could not stay, but over him did rake. Sir P. Sidney.

Rake, n. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. raka to reach, and E. reach.]

Definition: To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially (Naut.,

Definition: the inclination of a mast or tunnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

Rake, v. i.

Definition: To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft. Raking course (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen.

Rake, n. Etym: [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering, unsettled, reika to wander.]

Definition: A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué. Am illiterate and frivolous old rake. Macaulay.

Rake, v. i.

1. Etym: [Icel. reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee.]

Definition: To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]

2. Etym: [See Rake a debauchee.]

Definition: To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. Shenstone. To rake out (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; -- said of the hawk. Encyc. Brit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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