rake
/ɹeɪk/ noun B2- 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.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- 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.
- A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
- A group of mules.
Plural rakes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- rake in To collect something such as leaves into a pile, often wi...
- rake off To remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion.
- rake out To clean by removing material with a rake.
- rake over To discuss something unpleasant from the past.
- rake up To bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing infor...
From the library
“Have you any--any--any--well now, say any garden rakes?” stammered Matthew.
Miss Harris looked somewhat surprised, as well she might, to hear a man inquiring for garden rakes in the middle of December.
When Miss Harris returned with the rake and cheerfully inquired: “Anything else tonight, Mr.
“Oh, certainly--certainly--just as you say,” stammered unhappy Matthew, seizing the rake and making for the door.
Other matches
- rake Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry C2
- rake To incline C2
- rake To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. C2
- rake A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep... C2
- rake A person C2
- rake A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular C2
- rake The act of raking. C2
- rake in To collect something such as leaves into a pile...
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