What is the meaning of Rake?
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 similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
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 puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
To search through (thoroughly).
To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
Something that is raked.
- A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
- A lot, plenty.
A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”)
Alternative spelling of raik (“ to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)
To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
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.
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
Senses relating to watercraft.
- To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
- Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
Senses relating to watercraft.
- A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
- A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
inflection of raak:
masculine/feminine singular attributive
definite neuter singular attributive
singular present subjunctive of raken
hard
definite singular/plural of rak
definite singular/plural of rak
Alternative form of raka
to want
To proceed with speed; go; make one's way
To move across or search for pasture; wander; roam
To stray
definite natural masculine singular of rak
Source: wiktionary.org
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