Rake

Noun

 * 1) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
 * 2)  a lot, plenty.
 * Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
 * 1)  the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
 * 2)  the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
 * 3)  a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
 * The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches
 * 1)  A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

Synonyms

 * consist

Derived terms

 * thin as a rake

Verb

 * 1) To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.
 * We raked all the leaves into a pile
 * 1) To search thoroughly.
 * Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine
 * 1) To spray with gunfire.
 * the enemy machine guns raked the roadway
 * 1) To claw at; to scratch.
 * Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.
 * 1) To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
 * The casino is just raking in the cash; it's like a license to print money.

Synonyms

 * comb, go over or through with a fine-tooth comb, scour

Verb

 * 1)  To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
 * 2)  To guide; to direct

Noun

 * 1) A man habituated to immoral conduct.
 * We now have rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of Rakes. &mdash; the Spectator

Synonyms

 * roué

Noun

 * 1)  a course; direction; stretch.
 * 2)  a range, stray.
 * a sheep-raik = a sheep-walk

Verb

 * 1)  To run or rove.

Verbs words for Rake
drag—; draw—; employ—; tug at—; — dredges; —eliminates; —extricates; —gath¬ers; —grubs; —refines; —scratches; — smoothes; —unearths; —uproots.

Thesaurus
Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, aim at, angularity, ascend, backset, bank, barrage, be promiscuous, beat, blast, blitz, bombard, bounder, bring up, cad, cannon, cannonade, cant, card, careen, chase women, clear, climb, cog, coin money, collect, comb, commence firing, commit adultery, crag, cultivate, culture, curry, cut, debauch, debauchee, decline, delve, descend, dig, dig up, dip, dissipate, draw together, dredge up, dress, drop, eliminate, enfilade, fall, fall away, fall off, fallow, fang, fertilize, find, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, force, fornicate, fusillade, gallant, gather, gather in, gather together, gather up, gay deceiver, gay dog, go downhill, go uphill, grade, grate, graze, grovel, gruel, hackle, harrow, hatchel, heckle, hoe, inclination, incline, jag, keel, lady-killer, lath, lean, leaning, leaning tower, lecher, libertine, list, look all over, look everywhere, lover-boy, make, masher, mere shadow, mortar, mulch, open fire, open up on, paper, peak, pecten, pepper, philander, philanderer, pick up, pitch, playboy, plow, pop at, probe, prodigal, profligate, projection, prune, pull in, rail, raise, rake out, rake up, rakehell, ransack, rascal, ratchet, recall, remove, resurrect, resuscitate, retreat, rifle, rip, rise, roue, rounder, rummage, sawtooth, scoundrel, scour, scrape, scrape together, scrape up, scratch, screen, search, search high heaven, shadow, shake, shake down, shaving, shell, shelve, shoot, shoot at, sidle, sift out, skeleton, skirt chaser, slant, slat, sleep around, slip, slope, snag, snaggle, snipe, snipe at, soup, spade, spire, splinter, sprocket, spur, steeple, strafe, streak, swag, sway, swing, swinger, take aim at, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, tilt, tip, tooth, torpedo, toss, tower of Pisa, turn inside out, turn upside down, unearth, uprise, vein, voluptuary, wafer, walking phallus, wallow, wanton, weed, weed out, whore, wolf, woman chaser, womanize, womanizer, work, zero in on

Etymology 1
raca:, from

Etymology 2
Cognate with rāken:

Etymology 3
Shortening of rakehell:, possibly from rake#Etymology 2:

Etymology 4
From, from rák:, from , from. Cognate with rák:,  raka:,  røk:,  rak:,  race:, racu:.

Noun

 * Albanian: grabujë
 * Arabic: شوكة الحشائش
 * Azeri: dırmıq
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque: are
 * Belarusian: граблі
 * Bulgarian: гребло
 * Catalan: rampí, rasclet
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 耙子, 耙
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: riek, gritsel , hark
 * Estonian: reha
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 熊手
 * Kalmyk:
 * Karachay-Balkar: ,
 * Kazakh: тырма, тырнауыш
 * Khakas:
 * Korean: 갈퀴


 * Kumyk:
 * Kyrgyz: тырмоо
 * Latvian: grābeklis
 * Lithuanian: grėblys
 * Macedonian: гребло
 * Mongolian: тармуур
 * Norwegian: rake
 * Persian: شن‌کش
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, rastelo, rastel
 * Romanian: greblă
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: grabulja
 * Shor:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, räfsa, raka
 * Tajik: хаскашак
 * Tatar: tırma, tırmawıç
 * Turkish: tırmık
 * Turkmen: dyrmyk
 * Ukrainian: граблі
 * Uzbek: tirma, xaskash
 * Walloon: rustea
 * Yakut:


 * Swedish: radda

Verb

 * Arabic: 1.يجمع الحشائش.3, يسرح الشعر\الحشائش.2, قذائف مكثفة
 * Dutch: rakelen, harken, gritselen
 * Estonian: rehitsema
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 갈퀴다 (galkwida)
 * Polish:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kratta, räfsa, raka


 * Finnish:
 * French: fouiller, passer au peigne fin
 * Korean: 훑다 (hultda)


 * Polish: przeczesywać
 * Swedish: finkamma, raka, rafsa


 * French:
 * Polish: ostrzeliwać


 * Swedish: peppra

Noun

 * Arabic: رجل بلا أخلاق
 * Dutch:


 * French:

Anagrams

 * KERA