rake
noun
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
Similar word(s): blood, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue
Definition categories: person, debauchee, libertine, rounder
2. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
Definition categories: attribute, gradient, slope
3. a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
Definition categories: man–made, tool
Sentences with rake as a noun:
- Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
- The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
- We now have rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of Rakes. — the Spectator
verb
1. move through with or as if with a rake
- She raked her fingers through her hair
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. level or smooth with a rake
- rake gravel
Definition categories: contact, smooth, smoothen
3. sweep the length of
- The gunfire raked the coast
Definition categories: stative, sweep
4. examine hastily
Definition categories: perception, examine, see
5. gather with a rake
- rake leaves
Definition categories: contact, collect, garner, gather
6. scrape gently
Similar word(s): crease, graze
Definition categories: contact, brush
Sentences with rake as a verb:
- We raked all the leaves into a pile
- Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine
- the enemy machine guns raked the roadway
- Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.
- A mast rakes aft.