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rake

[reyk]

noun

an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.

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)

to gather, draw, or remove with a rake: to rake dead leaves from a lawn.

to clear, smooth, or prepare with a rake: to rake a garden bed.

to clear (a fire, embers, etc.) by stirring with a poker or the like.

to gather or collect abundantly (usually followed by in): He marketed his invention and has been raking in money ever since.

to bring to light, usually for discreditable reasons (usually followed by up): to rake up an old scandal.

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to search thoroughly through: They raked the apartment for the missing jewels.

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.

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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:
before 900; (noun) Middle English rak(e), Old English raca (masculine), racu (feminine); cognate with German Rechen, Old Norse reka shovel; (v.) Middle English raken, partly derivative of the noun, partly < Old Norse raka to scrape, rake

Related forms

rak·a·ble, rake·a·ble, adjective

rak·er, noun

Synonyms
8. comb, scour, ransack.

Example Sentences

The clam rake has a wire basket into which the uprooted quahogs tumble.

The giants of college football can rake in bushels of money, year after year, by earning invitations to prestigious bowl games.

Stoke up the flames to enable the hedge funds to rake in the profits.

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The clam rake has a wire basket into which the uprooted quahogs tumble.

The giants of college football can rake in bushels of money, year after year, by earning invitations to prestigious bowl games.

Stoke up the flames to enable the hedge funds to rake in the profits.

Every few weeks, turn the pile with a rake or pitchfork to circulate the air and moisture.

Such facilities would produce four parts bio-oil to one part carbon sequestered, so it would rake in money as well as carbon.

It doesn't allow you to choose ripe, harvestable truffles, so you'll rake up immature and unripe ones.

You'll create a fresh autumnal mood without having to rake a single leaf.

The global oil industry will rake in three quarters of a trillion dollars this year.

The rake and hoe addition is secured with a special thumbscrew.

It is also the one hedge funders and private-equity people have exploited to keep the billions they rake in.

Meanwhile they rake in billions by convincing the population that they can't live without their drugs.

Carve a small ditch around perimeter and rake to level surface.

It was nice, but the light hue reflected quite a bit of glare off the steep rake of the windshield.

The worker hops off the tractor as needed to rake solids in the bedding area into the alleys for collection.

When the market goes up, they are desperate to rake in more than their neighbours.

Rake up and dispose of dead leaves, since fungus spores can overwinter on them.

Acorn stepped on the rake again, claiming the videos were doctored.

When inequality rises, the richest rake in their winnings and buy even bigger mansions and fancier cars.

Others indulge in one chocolate bar after another and stay as thin as a rake.

Sow seed in fall or spring, rake in, and water thoroughly.

In good years they close a few big deals and rake in the money.

Dig or till amendments and fertilizer into the soil, then rake the bed smooth.

Just copy a popular product, sell it at a discount and rake in the returns.

Use a spade or rotary tiller to work it into the soil, then level with a rake.

But his ability to rake in funds has always depended on his being a credible national figure.

Rake soil back over the exposed rows and you're done.

They can no longer rake in big fees for, say, exclusive pictures of their bathrooms.

Rake the existing soil at the bottom of the bed to level it, then tamp it smooth.

Then mow it as close to the ground as possible and rake up the clippings.

If you want to recycle leaves for compost or mulch, rake them up and run them through a shredder.

Also, rake up and destroy any remaining fallen fruit and leaves.

Sticks and small rocks chew up their impellers, sending you to the shop for repairs and the hardware store for a rake.

When temperatures warm in spring, rake mulch between plants.

Rake back mulch in spring and pinch off any blossoms that develop.

You're getting the kids ready for school and you're starting to rake the leaves.

Accusations that some for-profit companies prey on unsuspecting students to rake in federal.

So mining firms are likely to swallow their pride and agree to any deals that allow them to continue to rake in profits.

Studies of monkeys learning to use a rake to obtain distant objects show that this may be more than a mere metaphor.

But one independent developer still managed to rake.

Sloping fascias at the ends of a house or beneath a gable are called rake fascias.

What he did know was that he was the public's watchdog and that in the tradition of muckraking it was his job to rake some muck.

Construction cranes rake across work sites manned by crews on double and triple shifts.

The eBay auction is her latest effort to rake muck and drum up support.

Find a neighborhood kid to rake leaves or shovel snow or take the garbage from the porch to the curb.

To dispense with all those fallen leaves you rake up this month, build a compost pile.

All to capitalise on the brand name and rake in the cash.

He soon realized that hunting for a log here and there wasn't exactly the way to rake in the dough.

The bird uses a club-shaped feather as a pick to rake the ridges.

We rake the stones back under the swings as they get kicked out.

The latter also inspired a series of paintings in which he cast himself as the rake.

Most lawyers don't rake in the big bucks right away, and not having huge debt means he can be a bit pickier about jobs.

The villains rake in oodles and oodles of cash before the authorities close in.

It's all about ratings so the demagogues can rake in huge amounts of money.

Cielecki, who rake through long-cold missing-person cases, swapping leads and constructing theories in their spare time.

Rake the thatch that harbors snow mold out of the lawn, then spray turf with a fungicide.

In the new romantic comedy, the infamous rake goes about his mischief accompanied by.

Garelick said homeowners should rake immediately after snowfalls of six inches or more.

Club-winged manakins rake their feathers back and forth over one another, using an acoustic trick that allows crickets to sing.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a dissolute or profligate person, especially a man who is licentious; roué.

Origin:
1645–55; see rakehell

Synonyms
libertine, profligate, lecher, womanizer.

verb (used without object)

to incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal.

verb (used with object)

to cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal.

noun

inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.

a board or molding placed along the sloping sides of a frame gable to cover the ends of the siding.

Aeronautics. the angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry.

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; origin uncertain

verb (used without object), raked, rak·ing.

Hunting.

(of a hawk) to fly after game.

(of a dog) to hunt with the nose close to the ground instead of in the wind.

Chiefly Scot. to go or proceed, especially with speed.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English raken to go, hasten, Old English racian

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World English Dictionary

rake¹ (reɪk)

—n
1.	a hand implement consisting of a row of teeth set in a headpiece attached to a long shaft and used for gathering hay, straw, leaves, etc, or for smoothing loose earth
2.	any of several mechanical farm implements equipped with rows of teeth or rotating wheels mounted with tines and used to gather hay, straw, etc
3.	any of various implements similar in shape or function, such as a tool for drawing out ashes from a furnace
4.	the act of raking
5.	(NZ) a line of wagons coupled together as one unit, used on railways

—vb (sometimes foll by out) (when intr, foll by against, along etc)
6.	to scrape, gather, or remove (leaves, refuse, etc) with or as if with a rake
7.	to level or prepare (a surface, such as a flower bed) with a rake or similar implement
8.	to clear (ashes, clinker, etc) from (a fire or furnace)
9.	(tr; foll by up or together) to gather (items or people) with difficulty, as from a scattered area or limited supply
10.	(tr; often foll by through, over etc) to search or examine carefully
11.	to scrape or graze: the ship raked the side of the quay
12.	(tr) to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target): machine-guns raked the column
13.	(tr) to sweep (one's eyes) along the length of (something); scan

[Old English raca; related to Old Norse raka, Old High German rehho a rake, Gothic rikan to heap up, Latin rogus funeral pile]

rake² (reɪk)

—n
	a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué

[C17: short for rakehell]

rake³ (reɪk)

—vb
1.	to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern
2.	(tr) to construct with a backward slope

—n
3.	the degree to which an object, such as a ship's mast, inclines from the perpendicular, esp towards the stern
4.	theatre the slope of a stage from the back towards the footlights
5.	aeronautics
	a. the angle between the wings of an aircraft and the line of symmetry of the aircraft
	b. the angle between the line joining the centroids of the section of a propeller blade and a line perpendicular to the axis
6.	the angle between the working face of a cutting tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece
7.	a slanting ledge running across a crag in the Lake District

[C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German ragen to project, Swedish raka]

rake⁴ (reɪk)

—vb
1.	(of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground
2.	of hawks
	a. to pursue quarry in full flight
	b. (often foll by away) to fly wide of the quarry, esp beyond the control of the falconer

[Old English racian to go forward, of uncertain origin]

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Word Origin & History

rake

"toothed tool," O.E. raca "rake," earlier ræce, from P.Gmc. *rak- "gather, heap up" (cf. O.N. reka "spade, shovel," O.H.G. rehho, Ger. Rechen "rake," Goth. rikan "to heap up, collect"). The verb is attested from mid-13c.; of gunfire from c.1630.

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rake

"debauchee," 1653, shortening of rakehell (1547), possibly an alteration (by association with rake (1) and Hell) of M.E. rakel (adj.) "hasty, rash, headstrong," probably from raken "to go, proceed," from O.E. racian, of unknown origin. Rakish first recorded 1706.

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