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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
rake2 /rāk/ noun A debauched or dissolute person, esp a man of fashion intransitive verb- To lead a rake's life
- To make a practice of lechery
ORIGIN: Shortening of rakehell rāˈkery noun Dissoluteness rāˈkish adjective rāˈkishly adverb rāˈkishness noun rake3 /rāk/ noun- Inclination from the vertical or horizontal, eg of a ship's funnel, a theatre stage, etc
- An angle, eg between the face of a cutting tool and the surface on which it is working, or the wings and body of an aircraft
intransitive verb To incline transitive verb- To slope
- To cut aslant
ORIGIN: Ety dubious rāˈker noun A sloping support or strut rāˈkish adjective - With raking masts
- Swift-looking
- Pirate-like
- Dashing
- Jaunty
rāˈkishly adverb rake4 /rāk/ (now dialect) intransitive verb- To proceed, esp swiftly
- To roam, range about
- (of a hawk) to fly wide
- (of a dog) to follow the scent wanderingly along the ground
ORIGIN: OE racian to go forward, hasten rāˈker noun - A very fast pace
- A plunge in betting
rāˈking adjective Advancing swiftly rake5 /rāk/ (N Eng) noun- A track, esp up a hill or in a gully or a pasture
- A pasture
- A journey, esp in fetching things
- The amount carried at one journey, load, gang
- An irregular, usu vertical, vein of ore
- A string, eg of wagons
intransitive verb (eg of sheep) to form into single file ORIGIN: ON rāk stripe; partly coalescing with raik |