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(rāk)
(rāk)n.
1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
2. A device that resembles such an implement.
v. raked, rak·ing, rakes
v.tr.
1.
a. To gather or move with or as if with a rake: rake leaves into a pile; rake in the gambling chips.
b. Informal To gain in abundance. Often used with in: a successful company that raked in the profits.
2.
a. To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement: rake the soil for planting.
b. To move over or across swiftly or harshly: Cold winds raked the plains.
3. To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair.
4. To scrape; scratch: The cat raked my arm with its claws.
5. To aim heavy gunfire along the length of.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To use a rake.
2. To conduct a thorough search: raked through the files for the misplaced letter.
rake up
Idiom: To revive or bring to light; uncover: rake up old gossip.
rake over the coals
To reprimand severely.
[Middle English, from Old English raca; see reg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
raker n.
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