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Rake

/ɹeɪk/ · noun

Meaning

(agriculture, horticulture) 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..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (agriculture, horticulture) 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. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
  3. (cellular automata) A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
  4. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
  5. The act of raking.
  6. Something that is raked.
  7. (Northern England and climbing, also figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
  8. (mining) A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.

Example Sentences

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […] Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
I've been dealing primarily with rake and spaceship interactions for ease of experimentation (a rake will invariably escape before being eaten by even its most hellish progeny, and a spaceship is easy to redraw on the spot).
That would mean building rake guns or glider gun arrays to construct moving walls.
The switch engine is unstable but a number of them working in combination can form stable puffers, spaceships and rakes.
She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.
We raked all the leaves into a pile.
The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
On February 21 Class "O4/1" 2-8-0 No. 63635 passed through Manchester (Victoria) heading in the Rochdale direction with a rake of empty wagons.

Synonyms for rake

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Antonyms for rake

Related Words

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does rake mean?

Rake means (agriculture, horticulture) 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..

What is a synonym for rake?

Common synonyms include horserake, consist, slope, roué.

What is the opposite of rake?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use rake in a sentence?

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […] Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

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