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