Definitions of rake [ɪk]

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Definition of 'rake'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rake
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, etc., or for smoothing the surface of the ground.

2.  rake
any of various implements of similar form and use.

3. (v.t.) rake
to gather, draw, or remove with a rake.

4.  rake
to clear, smooth, or prepare with a rake.

5.  rake
to clear (a fire, embers, etc.) by stirring with a poker or the like.

6.  rake
to gather or collect in abundance (usu. fol. by in):
to rake in money.

7.  rake
to bring to light, usu. for discreditable reasons (usu. fol. by up):
to rake up a scandal.

8.  rake
to search thoroughly through.

9.  rake
to scrape; scratch.

10.  rake
to fire guns along the length of (a body of troops, ship, etc.).

11.  rake
to sweep with the eyes.

12. (v.i.) rake
to use a rake.

13.  rake
to search, as if with a rake.

14.  rake
to scrape or scratch.

15. (n.) rake
a dissolute or profligate and usu. licentious man; roué; libertine.

16. (v.i.) rake
to incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal.

17. (v.t.) rake
to cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal.

18. (n.) rake
inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.

19.  rake
the angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry.

Etymology: (1620–30; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'rake'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
a dissolute man in fashionable society

2. (noun) pitch, rake, slant
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
"the roof had a steep pitch"

3. (verb) rake
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

4. (verb) rake
move through with or as if with a rake
"She raked her fingers through her hair"

5. (verb) rake
level or smooth with a rake
"rake gravel"

6. (verb) rake
sweep the length of
"The gunfire raked the coast"

7. (verb) scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

8. (verb) rake
gather with a rake
"rake leaves"

9. (verb) graze, crease, rake
scrape gently
"graze the skin"

Definition of 'rake'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rake
a tool for gathering dead leaves, cut grass, etc. or for making the ground level
a garden rake

2. (verb) rake
to use a rake
Rake the soil well before planting.

3. rake
raking it in
earning a lot of money
He's raking it in now that he's on TV.

Definition of 'rake'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rake
an implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth

2. (noun) rake
a toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake

3. (noun) rake
a fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein

4. (noun) rake
the inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc

5. (noun) rake
the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel

6. (noun) rake
a loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue

7. (verb) rake
to collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves

8. (verb) rake
to collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town

9. (verb) rake
to pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed

10. (verb) rake
to search through; to scour; to ransack

11. (verb) rake
to scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does

12. (verb) rake
to enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck

13. (verb) rake
to use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely

14. (verb) rake
to pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along

15. (verb) rake
to incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft

16. (verb) rake
to walk about; to gad or ramble idly

17. (verb) rake
to act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life

Translation of 'rake'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.
Afrikaans: hark	Arabic: مِمْشَطَه، آلة تَمْشيط	Bulgarian: гребло
Brazilian: ancinho	Czech: hrábě	German: der Rechen
Danish: rive	Greek: τσουγκράνα	Spanish: rastrillo
Estonian: reha	Farsi: شن کش؛ برگ جمع کن	Finnish: harava
French: râteau	Hebrew: מַגרֵפָה	Hindi: रेक
Croatian: grablje	Hungarian: gereblye	Indonesian: penggaruk
Icelandic: hrífa	Italian: rastrello	Japanese: くま手
Korean: 갈퀴	Lithuanian: grėblys, grėbiamoji	Latvian: grābeklis
Malay: pencakar	Dutch: hark	Norwegian: rive, rake
Polish: grabie	Persian: شن کش؛ برگ جمع کن	Pashto: ښاخى، سكو، چارښاخه
Portuguese: ancinho	Romanian: greblă	Russian: грабли
Slovak: hrable	Slovenian: grablje	Serbian: grabulje
Swedish: räfsa, kratta	Thai: คราด (ใช้ในการทำสวน)	Turkish: tırmık
Taiwanese: 耙子	Ukrainian: граблі; скребачка	Urdu: جھانپا
Vietnamese: cái cào	Chinese: 耙子
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