Rake

Quick meaning: Rake is a noun meaning (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

Meaning

(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

We raked all the leaves into a pile.

She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.

The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.

That would mean building rake guns or glider gun arrays to construct moving walls.

Word Forms

• rakes
• raking
• raked
• rakest
• rakedst
• raketh

Synonyms for rake

Depending on context, synonyms include horserake, consist, slope, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include graze, skim, crease, slant, pitch, run down.

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