rake
/ɹeɪk/ verb C2- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
He/she/it rakes · Past raked · Past participle raked · -ing form raking
Verb forms
- Base form
- rake
- He/she/it
- rakes
- Past
- raked
- Past participle
- raked
- -ing form
- raking
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
Then she went out and raked the yard.
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.
When he reached home he hid the rake in the tool house, but the sugar he carried in to Marilla.
Other matches
- rake A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed... B2
- 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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