a long-handled implement with a row of prongs on the head for gathering hay, grass, etc or for loosening or levelling the surface of the ground

any similar implement, e.g. a tool used to draw together the money or chips on a gaming table

an act of raking

to gather, loosen, or level (something) with or as if with a rake

to scrape (something), e.g. in passing

The thorns raked her arm

to sweep the length of, e.g. (something), esp with gunfire

to pull or drag (an object) through something

He raked his fingers through his hair

(+ through) to search through (something)

She raked through her handbag and found the ticket

inclination from the perpendicular, or the angle of inclination esp the overhang of a ship's bow or stern

the angle of inclination or slope, esp of a stage in a theatre

the angle of between the top cutting surface of a tool and a plane at right angles to the surface of the work