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单词 raking
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raking


rake 1

R0029100 (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.1. To use a rake.2. To conduct a thorough search: raked through the files for the misplaced letter.Phrasal Verb: rake up To revive or bring to light; uncover: rake up old gossip.Idiom: rake over the coals To reprimand severely.
[Middle English, from Old English raca; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
rak′er n.

rake 2

R0029100 (rāk)n. A usually well-to-do man who is dissolute or promiscuous.
[Short for rakehell.]

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R0029100 (rāk)intr. & tr.v. raked, rak·ing, rakes To slant or cause to incline from the perpendicular: propeller blades that rake backward from the shaft; rake a ship's mast.n.1. Inclination from the perpendicular: the rake of a jet plane's wings.2. The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.3. a. The angle at which a roof is inclined.b. The inclined edge of a pitched roof or the roof of a gable or dormer.
[Origin unknown.]

raking

(ˈreɪkɪŋ) n (Rugby) rugby the offence committed when a player deliberately scrapes an opponent's leg, arm, etc, with the studs of his or her boots

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raking

Inclining; having a rake or inclination.

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rak·ing

(rāk'ing) A grasp pattern in infants emerging in the 7th-8th months characterized by the arm, hand, and loosely flexed fingers moving in unison to bring a small object into the palm.
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