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| rake [ rayk ] |
noun (plural rakes) |
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1. long-handled toothed gardening tool: a tool with a long handle and a head with long teeth, used for gathering leaves or cut grass, or for smoothing or loosening the surface of the soil in a garden
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2. tool resembling garden rake: a tool that is broadly similar to a garden rake but is used for a different purpose, e.g. digging clams or gathering money at a gambling table
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verb (past and past participle raked, present participle rak·ing, 3rd person present singular rakes) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb move something with rake: to gather something together, or remove or clear something, using a rake or similar implement
  raked up the dead leaves
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2. transitive and intransitive verb work with rake: to make something neat, smooth something out, or loosen something using a rake or similar tool
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3. transitive and intransitive verb search through something: to search through or examine something thoroughly, or make a search for something
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4. transitive verb use something like rake: to draw or move something through or across something else like a rake
She raked her fingers through her hair.
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5. transitive verb scrape or scratch something: to claw, scrape, or scratch somebody or something with a dragging movement like the action of somebody using a rake
The cat raked my arm with its claws.
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6. transitive and intransitive verb pass across something: to pass across the whole length or extent of something in a continuous sweeping movement, or cause something to do this
The spotlight raked around the perimeter fence.
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7. transitive and intransitive verb shoot along length of something: to aim shots from a gun or guns in quick succession over the whole length or extent of something
The ship's cannon raked the land battery.
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| [ Old English raca, racu< Germanic] |
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rake somebody over the coals to reprimand somebody severely
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