Defenition of the word rake
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Defenition of the word rake
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
- scrape gently
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane: "the roof had a steep pitch"
- a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
- gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
- level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
- move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- examine hastily
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
- scrape gently; "graze the skin"
- examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- gather with a rake
- level or smooth with a rake
- move through with or as if with a rake
- sweep the length of
Synonyms for the word rake
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- blood
- crease
- glance over
- graze
- pitch
- profligate
- rip
- roue
- run down
- scan
- skim
- slant
Similar words in the rake
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- rake in
- rake off
- shovel in
Hyponyms for the word rake
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- croupier's rake
- enfilade
- garden rake
- loft
- shave
Hypernyms for the word rake
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- brush
- collect
- debauchee
- displace
- dissolute person
- examine
- garner
- gather
- gradient
- libertine
- move
- pull together
- rounder
- see
- slope
- smooth
- smoothen
- surname
- sweep
- tool
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