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Audio Help [reyk] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, raked, rak·ing.

–noun

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.

–verb (used with object)

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.

–verb (used without object)

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.

—Idiom

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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—Related forms

rak·a·ble, rake·a·ble, adjective

raker, noun

—Synonyms 8. comb, scour, ransack.

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rake¹ Audio Help (rāk) Pronunciation Key
n.

A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
A device that resembles such an implement.

v. raked, rak·ing, rakes

v. tr.

To gather or move with or as if with a rake: rake leaves; rake in the gambling chips.
To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement: rake the soil for planting.
Informal To gain in abundance. Often used with in: a successful company that raked in the profits.
To search or examine thoroughly; ransack.
To scrape; scratch.
To aim heavy gunfire along the length of.

v. intr.

To use a rake.
To conduct a thorough search: raked through the files for the misplaced letter.

Phrasal Verb(s):
rake up
To revive or bring to light; uncover: rake up old gossip.

Idiom(s):
rake over the coals
To reprimand severely.

[Middle English, from Old English raca; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

rak'er n.

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rake up
verb
bring to light; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor"

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rake up

to find out and tell or remind people about (something, usually something unpleasant that would be better forgotten)

Arabic:	يُذَكِّر بِشَيء يُفَضَّل نِسْيانُه
Chinese (Simplified):	重提某事（伤心事）
Chinese (Traditional):	重提某事(傷心事)
Czech:	vyhrabat
Danish:	rippe op i
Dutch:	oprakelen
Estonian:	minevikus urgitsema
Finnish:	kaivella vanhoja asioita
French:	attiser (une ancienne querelle)
German:	aufrühren
Greek:	βγάζω στη φόρα, ανασκαλεύω
Hungarian:	előkotor
Icelandic:	draga fram í dagsljósið
Indonesian:	memperingatkan
Italian:	rivangare

Japanese:	あばき立てる
Latvian:	uzvandīt; izrakt
Lithuanian:	priminti
Norwegian:	rippe opp i, få fram i lyset
Polish:	odgrzebać
Portuguese (Brazil):	remexer
Portuguese (Portugal):	remexer em
Romanian:	a stârni, * a reînvia (o veche dispută)
Russian:	ворошить
Slovak:	vyhrabať
Slovenian:	izbrskati
Spanish:	desenterrar, remover, sacar a relucir
Swedish:	riva upp, rota fram
Turkish:	eşelemek, kurcalamak