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Wiktionary

  1. rakingnoun

    The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

  2. rakingnoun

    A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.

Wikipedia

  1. Raking

    Raking (also called "raking ratio estimation" or "iterative proportional fitting") is the statistical process of adjusting data sample weights of a contingency table to match desired marginal totals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Raking

    of Rake

  2. Rakingnoun

    the act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake

  3. Rakingnoun

    a space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. raking

    Cannonading a ship, so that the shot shall range in the direction of her whole length between decks, called a raking fire; and is similar to military enfilading.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RAKING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RAKING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of RAKING in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Merkley:

    The President has said it's all about raking the forest, it's just a big and devastating lie.

  2. Marcelene Cox:

    Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

  3. Israel Klein:

    It’s really a money making venture, they’re raking in the dollars and it’s an extreme abuse of power.

  4. James Cromwell:

    Why, when it’s so important now, to address climate change, and to understand the violence to the animals that go on to make dairy products… and there’s no reason for it except greed, when will you stop raking in huge profits while customers, animals and the environment suffer? When will you stop penalizing people for their ethnicities, their morals?

  5. Sheldon Whitehouse:

    We have evidence to show that Wall Street is raking in hundreds of millions in tax credits each year for pollution reductions they aren't coming close to delivering in the real world, that's a massive boondoggle for taxpayers, a blow to air quality and Americans' health, and a setback for our climate.

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