- rake⇄noun raker.
- rake⇄noun 1. a slant; slope. A ship's smokestacks have a slight backward rake.
2. the inward slant between the leading and trailing edges on the wing tip of an airplane.
3. the angle between a cutting tool and the surface of the work. - rake⇄noun 1a. a longhandled tool having a bar at one end with teeth in it. A rake is used for smoothing the soil or gathering together loose leaves, hay, or straw.
b. a machine used to gather mowed hay and place it in windrows.
2. any one of var - rake⇄rake (1), noun, verb, raked,raking.
- rake⇄rake (2), noun.
a person who shamelessly indulges in vice; immoral or dissolute person.
Ex. gambling half the day with the rakes and dandies of the fashionable club (Edith Wharton). - rake⇄rake (3), noun, verb, raked,raking.
- rake⇄rake (4), intransitive verb, raked,raking.
1. (of a hawk) to fly along after the game or to fly wide of it.
2. (of a dog) to hunt with the nose close to the ground. - rake⇄v.i. 1. to use a rake.
Ex. I like to rake.
2. to search with a rake.
3. (Figurative.) to scrape or sweep.
Ex. The sea rakes against the shore. - rake⇄v.i., v.t. to slant or cause to slant.
- rake⇄v.t. 1. to move with a rake.
Ex. Rake the leaves off the grass.
2. to make clear, clean, or smooth with a rake.
Ex. Rake the yard.
3. to gather; gather together.
4. (Figurative.) to search carefully.
Ex. I raked the