rake
noun
- 1
A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- 2
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The act of raking.
- 2
Something that is raked.
verb
- 1
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
“She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.”
noun
- 1
A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
- 2
The movement of animals while grazing.
- 3
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
- 4
A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
verb
- 1
To walk; to roam, to wander.
- 2
Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
- 3
To roam or wander through (somewhere).
noun
- 1
A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- 2
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The act of raking.
- 2
Something that is raked.
noun
- 1
A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- 2
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- 3
(originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
“The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.”
- 4
(systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
noun
- 1
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- 2
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- 3
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- 4
Senses relating to watercraft.
- 5
(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
noun
- 1
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
verb
- 1
To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- 2
Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
noun
- 1
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- 2
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- 3
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- 4
Senses relating to watercraft.
- 5
(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
verb
- 1
To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
“A mast rakes aft.”
- 2
Senses relating to watercraft.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
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