Sekirov Dictionary

rake

/ɹeɪk/

verb16

  1. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
  2. Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
  3. Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
  4. (Ireland, Scotland) To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
  5. (figurative) Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
  6. To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
  7. To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
  8. To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
  9. (figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
  10. To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
  11. To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
  12. (rare) Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
  13. To pick (a lock) with a rake.
  14. (old-fashioned, rare) To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
  15. Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
  16. (Scotland, Northern-England) To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.

noun21

  1. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
  2. A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
  3. A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
  4. A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.
  5. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
  6. Something that is raked.
  7. A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
  8. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
  9. In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
  10. The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
  11. A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
  12. A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
  13. The act of raking.
  14. (Ireland, slang) A lot, plenty.
  15. A group of mules.
  16. (UK) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
  17. The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
  18. (Northern-England) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
  19. A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
  20. A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
  21. (Scotland) Rate of progress; pace, speed.
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raked · rakedst · raking · rakes · raketh · rakest

Phrases with rake

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