RAKE
\ɹˈe͡ɪk], \ɹˈeɪk], \ɹ_ˈeɪ_k]\
Definitions of RAKE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
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a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
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gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
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level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
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move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
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scrape gently; "graze the skin"
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examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
By Princeton University
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degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
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a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
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gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
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level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
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move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
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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.
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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.
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To search through; to scour; to ransack.
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To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.
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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.
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To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
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To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
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The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.
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the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.
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To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.
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A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.
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To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.
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To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
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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.
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A toothed machine drawn by a horse, - used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
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A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; - called also rake-vein.
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To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; - often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
By Oddity Software
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The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
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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.
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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.
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To search through; to scour; to ransack.
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To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.
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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.
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To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
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To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
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The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.
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the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.
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To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.
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A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.
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To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.
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To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
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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.
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A toothed machine drawn by a horse, - used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
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A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; - called also rake-vein.
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To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; - often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
By Noah Webster.
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An implement with teeth or tines for gathering together loose matter, or for making soil loose and smooth; an immoral man; slant or slope.
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To gather, smooth, or loosen with a rake; as, to rake up leaves; rake a flower bed; to collect; to gather together by diligent effort; as, to rake up evidence; to search through carefully; ransack; as, they raked the records for proof; to fire upon, especially along the length of; as, to rake the deck of a ship.
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To work with a rake; as, he raked in the garden; to make a close search; to slant or slope.
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Raker.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An instrument with teeth or pins for smoothing earth, etc.
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To scrape with something toothed: to draw together: to gather with difficulty: to level with a rake: to search diligently over: to pass over violently: (naut.) to fire into, as a ship, lengthwise.
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To scrape, as with a rake: to search minutely: to pass with violence.
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A rascal.
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The projection of the stem and stern of a ship beyond the extremities of the keel: the inclination of a mast from the perpendicular.
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To fly wide of the quarry, said of a hawk.
By Daniel Lyons
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To scrape with something toothed; search in or over; sweep with guns.
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To use a rake; search.
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Toothed farming tool; a libertine.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To scrape together.
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To stir with a rake; use a rake; make a search; ran sack.
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To fire along the length of, as of a vessel or a line of soldiers.
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A toothed implement for drawing together loose material, or smoothing a surface.
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To lean, as a mast; inclinc.
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Inclination from the perpendicular.
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A dissolute, lewd man.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [German, French] A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a man of pleasure ; a wild young fellow.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The projection of the upper parts of the stem and stern, beyond the extremities of the keel ;- the inclination of a mast from a perpendicular direction.
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