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rake

/ rake /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
Type of:
tool
Kinds of:
croupier's rake garden rake
noun Sense 2
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Type of:
libertine debauchee rounder
verb Sense 3
gather with a rake
"rake leaves"
Type of:
gather garner collect
Entails:
scrape grate
See also:
rake off rake in shovel in
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
level or smooth with a rake
"rake gravel"
Type of:
smooth smoothen
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
move through with or as if with a rake
"She raked her fingers through her hair"
Type of:
move displace
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
sweep the length of
"The gunfire raked the coast"
Type of:
sweep
Kinds of:
enfilade
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 7
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
"the roof had a steep pitch"
Type of:
gradient slope
Derived:
cant cant over tilt slant pitch
verb Sense 8
scrape gently
"graze the skin"
Type of:
brush
Kinds of:
shave
Derived:
graze grazing shaving skimming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
Type of:
examine see
Derived:
skim skimming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
89%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
37
Times Searched
3
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tool croupier's rake garden rake libertine debauchee rounder gather garner collect smooth smoothen move