rake
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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English raca, from Proto-Germanic *rakaz
[edit] Noun
rake (plural rakes)
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
- (Ireland, slang) a lot, plenty.
- Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
- (geology) the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
- (roofing) the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches
- (cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
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- (rail transport): consist
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garden tool
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Ireland: a lot, plenty
Geology: direction of slip
Roofing: sloped edge
[edit] Verb
rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)
- 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
- To search thoroughly.
- Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine
- To spray with gunfire.
- the enemy machine guns raked the roadway
- To claw at; to scratch.
- Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.
- To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
- The casino is just raking in the cash; it's like a license to print money.
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- (search thoroughly): comb, go over or through with a fine-tooth comb, scour
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use a rake on
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search thoroughly
spray with gunfire
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[edit] Etymology 2
Cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (“to hit, to touch, to reach”)
[edit] Verb
rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)
- (intransitive) To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
- (obsolete, transitive) To guide; to direct
[edit] Etymology 3
Shortening of rakehell, possibly from rake (etymology 2) (“to proceed rapidly”)
[edit] Noun
rake (plural rakes)
- A man habituated to immoral conduct.
- We now have rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of Rakes. — the Spectator
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a man habituated to immoral conduct
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[edit] Etymology 4
From Middle English, from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *rakan, *rakō, *rakōn (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).
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[edit] Noun
rake (plural rakes)
- (provincial, Northern England) a course; direction; stretch.
- (provincial, Northern England, for animals) a range, stray.
- a sheep-raik = a sheep-walk
[edit] Verb
rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)
[edit] References
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
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[edit] Adjective
rake
- The inflected formFAQ of raak.
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rake
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Adjective
rake
- absolute definite natural masculine form of rak.
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