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Rake   /reɪk/   Listen
Rake

noun
1.
A dissolute man in fashionable society.  Synonyms: blood, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue.
2.
Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane.  Synonyms: pitch, slant.
3.
A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil.
verb
(past & past part. raked; pres. part. raking)
1.
Move through with or as if with a rake.
2.
Level or smooth with a rake.
3.
Sweep the length of.
4.
Examine hastily.  Synonyms: glance over, run down, scan, skim.
5.
Gather with a rake.
6.
Scrape gently.  Synonyms: crease, graze.



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"Rake" Quotes from Famous Books



... again; the nightingales come even into her garden to invite her to join their lays. Where is she? Perhaps she is departed. But no; her straw hat lies on the accustomed bench, but is no longer adorned with a bright ribbon: her little garden is neglected: her hoe and rake lie on the ground amongst the jonquils: the rose branches stray wildly; there are thistles at their feet, and the little paths, which used to be so neat, ...
— Barn and the Pyrenees - A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre • Louisa Stuart Costello
... OVER-RAKE. When a ship rides at anchor in a head-sea, the waves of which frequently break in upon her, they are said ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... slashes like satin sashes, and the curb of girls she raps like shoulder-straps. Mother Death, says Baka, like an onion, brings tears from the dears she embraces, and fondles alike both the baby that drowses and the rake that carouses! Ah! ah! Major, to-day we live and to-morrow we rot; that only is ours which to-day we eat and drink! Judge, doesn't it seem to you time for breakfast? I take my seat at the table, and beg ...
— Pan Tadeusz • Adam Mickiewicz
... the weather shall rise clear and gay; Out of the other an England beautiful And like her mother that died yesterday. Little I know or care if, being dull, I shall miss something that historians Can rake out of the ashes when perchance The phoenix broods serene above their ken. But with the best and meanest Englishmen I am one in crying, God save England, lest We lose what never slaves and cattle blessed. The ages made her that made ...
— Last Poems • Edward Thomas
... endeavouring to disfigure the face. Not only do both the black and brown bears of the Himalayas follow this habit, but also the ursus arctos, the grizzly, and the white. They always aim at the head, but more especially the face; and with a single "rake" of their spread claws, usually strip off both skin ...
— Bruin - The Grand Bear Hunt • Mayne Reid


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