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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 followed by in): He marketed his invention and has been raking in money ever since.
7.
EXPANDto bring to light, usually for discreditable reasons (usually followed 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.
COLLAPSEto sweep with the eyes: He raked the horizon with his gaze.
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Raking
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom13.
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.
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
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.
8. comb, scour, ransack.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal.
noun
3.
inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
4.
a board or molding placed along the sloping sides of a frame gable to cover the ends of the siding.
5.
Aeronautics. the angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry.
6.
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
1620–30; origin uncertain
verb (used without object), raked, rak·ing.
1.
Hunting.
a.
(of a hawk) to fly after game.
b.
(of a dog) to hunt with the nose close to the ground instead of in the wind.
2.
Chiefly Scot. to go or proceed, especially with speed.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English raken to go, hasten, Old English racian
before 1000; Middle English raken to go, hasten, Old English racian
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Word Origin & History
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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