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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rake1 /reɪk/USA pronunciation n., v., raked, rak•ing. n. [countable] - Agriculturea long-handled tool used in farming or gardening, having teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, dead leaves, hay, etc., or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
v. - to clear, smooth, or prepare with a rake: [no object]raking and digging in the garden.[~ + object]She was raking the yard.
- Agriculture, to gather, draw together, or remove with a rake:[~ + object]raking the dead leaves.
- to gather or collect, esp. a great deal: [~ + in + object]to rake in money.[~ + object + in]She was raking money in.
- to bring (something) to light or to another's attention, esp. something that might better be forgotten: [~ + object + up]to rake a scandal up.[~ + up + object]tried to rake up a scandal.
- to scrape;
scratch:[~ + object]raked his hair with his fingers. - to fire guns along the length of: [no object]Machine gun fire raked through the village.[~ + object]The jet fighters raked the side of the tanker.
rake2 /reɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a man devoted to a life of heavy drinking and sexual affairs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rake1 (rāk),USA pronunciation n., v., raked, rak•ing. n. - Agriculturean 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.
v.t. - Agricultureto 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 fol. by in):He marketed his invention and has been raking in money ever since.
- to bring to light, usually for discreditable reasons (usually fol. by up):to rake up an old scandal.
- to search thoroughly through:They raked the apartment for the missing jewels.
- to scrape;
scratch:The sword's tip raked his face lightly. - Buildingto scoop out (a masonry joint) to a given depth while the mortar is still green.
- to fire guns along the length of (a position, body of troops, ship, etc.).
- to sweep with the eyes:He raked the horizon with his gaze.
v.i. - Agricultureto use a rake:The gardener raked along the border of the garden.
- to search, as with a rake:His gaze raked over the room.
- to scrape;
search:She frantically raked through her belongings. - rake over the coals. See coal (def. 5).
- Old Norse raka to scrape, rake
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English rak(e), Old English raca (masculine), racu (feminine); cognate with German Rechen, Old Norse reka shovel; (verb, verbal) Middle English raken, partly derivative of the noun, nominal, partly
rak′a•ble, rake′a•ble, adj. rak′er, n. - 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged comb, scour, ransack.
rake2 (rāk),USA pronunciation n. - a dissolute or profligate person, esp. a man who is licentious;
roué. libertine, profligate, lecher, womanizer. rake3 (rāk),USA pronunciation v., raked, rak•ing, n. v.i. - Buildingto incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal.
v.t. - Buildingto cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal.
n. - Buildinginclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- Buildinga board or molding placed along the sloping sides of a frame gable to cover the ends of the siding.
- Aeronauticsthe angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]the angle between the cutting face of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work at the cutting point.
- origin, originally uncertain 1620–30
rake4 (rāk),USA pronunciation v.i., raked, rak•ing. - Sport[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.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]to go or proceed, esp. with speed.
- Middle English raken to go, hasten, Old English racian bef. 1000
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