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rake1 /rāk/ noun- A toothed bar on a handle, for scraping, gathering together, smoothing, etc
- A tool for various purposes, toothed, notched or bladed and with a long handle (eg a croupier's implement for drawing in money)
- A wheeled field implement with long teeth for gathering hay, scraping up weeds, etc
- A connected set (of railway carriages or wagons)
- An extremely thin person or horse
transitive verb- To scrape, smooth, clear, break up, draw, gather, remove, cover, uncover, search, ransack, with a rake or as if with a rake
- To cover (a fire) with ashes so as to keep it smouldering
- To graze, scrape
- To pass over violently and swiftly
- To fire (bullets, etc) across the entire line of one's enemy
- To provide or take a view all over or completely through
intransitive verb- To work with or as if with a rake
- To search minutely
ORIGIN: OE raca; Ger Rechen rake; ON reka shovel rāˈker noun - A person who rakes
- A scavenger
- A raking implement
- (in games) a long, fast, low-flying shot (perh partly from rake4)
rāˈking noun and adjective rakeˈ-off noun (slang) Monetary share, esp unearned or dishonest rakeˈshame noun (obsolete) A base, dissolute wretch rake in (informal) To acquire rapidly and in great quantity rake up - To revive from oblivion (usu something scandalous)
- To collect together
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