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Meaning of rake

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rake

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪk//ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

    Synonyms:horserake
  2. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

rake

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪk//ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of raking.

  2. Something that is raked.

verb

Definitions

  1. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.

    Example: She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.

rake

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪk//ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

  2. The movement of animals while grazing.

  3. The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.

  4. A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

verb

Definitions

  1. To walk; to roam, to wander.

  2. Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.

  3. To roam or wander through (somewhere).

noun

Definitions

  1. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

    Synonyms:horserake
  2. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of raking.

  2. Something that is raked.

noun

Definitions

  1. A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.

  2. A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.

  3. (originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

    Example: The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.

    Synonyms:consist
  4. (systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

noun

Definitions

  1. Rate of progress; pace, speed.

noun

Definitions

  1. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.

  2. (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).

  3. The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.

  4. Senses relating to watercraft.

noun

Definitions

  1. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

    Synonyms:roué

rake

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪk//ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. Rate of progress; pace, speed.

verb

Definitions

  1. To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.

  2. Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.

rake

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪk//ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.

  2. (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).

  3. The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.

  4. Senses relating to watercraft.

verb

Definitions

  1. To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.

    Example: A mast rakes aft.

    Synonyms:slope
  2. Senses relating to watercraft.

rake

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪk//ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

    Synonyms:roué

verb

Definitions

  1. To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.