Definition of Rake

Verb: rake  reyk

  1. Move through with or as if with a rake
    "She raked her fingers through her hair"
     
  2. Level or smooth with a rake
    "rake gravel"
     
  3. Sweep the length of
    "The gunfire raked the coast"
     
  4. Examine hastily
    "She raked the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi";
    - scan, skim, glance over, run down
     
  5. Gather with a rake
    "rake leaves"
     
  6. Scrape gently
    "rake the skin";
    - graze, crease
Noun: rake  reyk
  1. A dissolute man in fashionable society
    - rakehell [archaic], profligate, rip, blood [archaic], roué
     
  2. Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
    "the roof had a steep rake";
    - pitch, slant
     
  3. A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

See also:
Rakaposhi
raked

Anagrams containing the word rake

rkae erak kera aker