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Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object), raked, rak·ing.
| 1. | Hunting.
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| 2. | Chiefly Scot. to go or proceed, esp. with speed. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME raken to go, hasten, OE racian]
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Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key verb, raked, rak·ing, noun
Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key verb, raked, rak·ing, noun –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal. |
| 2. | to cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal. |
| 3. | inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal. |
| 4. | a board or molding placed along the sloping sides of a frame gable to cover the ends of the siding. |
| 5. | Aeronautics. the angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry. |
| 6. | Machinery. the angle between the cutting face of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work at the cutting point. |
[Origin: 1620–30; orig. uncert.]
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Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a dissolute or profligate person, esp. a man who is licentious; roué. |
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Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, raked, rak·ing.
—Related forms
Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, raked, rak·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom
| 1. | an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground. |
| 2. | any of various implements having a similar form, as a croupier's implement for gathering in money on a gaming table. |
| 3. | to gather, draw, or remove with a rake: to rake dead leaves from a lawn. |
| 4. | to clear, smooth, or prepare with a rake: to rake a garden bed. |
| 5. | to clear (a fire, embers, etc.) by stirring with a poker or the like. |
| 6. | to gather or collect abundantly (usually fol. by in): He marketed his invention and has been raking in money ever since. |
| 7. | to bring to light, usually for discreditable reasons (usually fol. by up): to rake up an old scandal. |
| 8. | to search thoroughly through: They raked the apartment for the missing jewels. |
| 9. | to scrape; scratch: The sword's tip raked his face lightly. |
| 10. | to scoop out (a masonry joint) to a given depth while the mortar is still green. |
| 11. | to fire guns along the length of (a position, body of troops, ship, etc.). |
| 12. | to sweep with the eyes: He raked the horizon with his gaze. |
| 13. | to use a rake: The gardener raked along the border of the garden. |
| 14. | to search, as with a rake: His gaze raked over the room. |
| 15. | to scrape; search: She frantically raked through her belongings. |
| 16. | rake over the coals. coal (def. 8). |
[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME rak(e), OE raca (masc.), racu (fem.); c. G Rechen, ON reka shovel; (v.) ME raken, partly deriv. of the n., partly < ON raka to scrape, rake]
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rak·a·ble, rake·a·ble, adjective
raker, noun
—Synonyms 8. comb, scour, ransack.
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| Main Entry: | rake | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | disreputable, libertine, profligate, raffish, unconventional, rakehell | |
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| Main Entry: | rake | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | lecher, libertine, lothario, profligate, satyr, debauchee, rakehell, rouŽ, wencher | |
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| Main Entry: | rake | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | casanova, libertine, playboy, rascal, womanizer, debauchee, swinger | |
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rake, farm implement consisting of a row of straight or curved teeth of metal or wood attached to a bar or frame. It is used for gathering hay or grain into piles; for clearing fields, lawns, and yards; and for stirring and spreading soil. Horse-drawn rakes first appeared in the early 19th cent. but were not used generally until later. Of the several types of modern power-drawn hay rakes, the side-delivery rakes, which gather hay into continuous windrows by a rolling action, are the most popular. These include a reel type, which has raking teeth attached to rotating bars, and a finger-wheel type, which has teeth attached to large wheels. Lesser used rakes include the dump rake, which creates piles, and the sweep rake, which gathers and hauls a heavy load directly to the stack.
See C. Culpin, Farm Machinery (11th ed. 1986).
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