rake
noun
- 1
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
- 2
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
the roof had a steep pitch
- 3
a dissolute man in fashionable society
verb
- 1
scrape gently
graze the skin
- 2
gather with a rake
rake leaves
- 3
level or smooth with a rake
rake gravel
- 4
move through with or as if with a rake
She raked her fingers through her hair
- 5
examine hastily
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
- 6
sweep the length of
The gunfire raked the coast
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