Associations to the word «Rake»

RAKE, noun. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.

RAKE, noun. (Ireland) (slang) A lot, plenty.

RAKE, noun. (geology) The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.

RAKE, noun. (roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.

RAKE, noun. (rail transport) A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

RAKE, noun. (cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

RAKE, noun. The scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.

RAKE, noun. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

RAKE, noun. (mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.

RAKE, verb. To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.

RAKE, verb. To search thoroughly.

RAKE, verb. To spray with gunfire.

RAKE, verb. To claw at; to scratch.

RAKE, verb. To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)

RAKE, verb. (intransitive) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

RAKE, noun. Slope, divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular

RAKE, verb. (intransitive) To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.

RAKE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To guide; to direct

RAKE, verb. (intransitive) To incline from a perpendicular direction.

RAKE, noun. A man habituated to immoral conduct.

RAKE, verb. (UK) (dialect) (dated) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

RAKE, verb. (UK) (dialect) (dated) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

RAKE, noun. (provincial) (Northern England) a course; direction; stretch.

RAKE, noun. (provincial) (Northern England) (for animals) a range, stray.

RAKE, verb. (provincial) (Northern England) To run or rove.

RAKE 'N' SCRAPE, noun. Alternative spelling of rake and scrape

RAKE AND SCRAPE, noun. (music) (Bahamas) A type of traditional Bahamian folk music, characterized by a reliance on improvised musical instruments, such as a ripsaw.

RAKE IN, verb. (literally) to collect something such as leaves into a pile, often with a rake

RAKE IN, verb. (figuratively) to receive or to collect a large quantity of (something, especially money)

RAKE IT IN, verb. (idiomatic) To make a lot of money.

RAKE OFF, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see rake off.

RAKE OFF, verb. (transitive) To remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion.

RAKE OUT, verb. (intransitive) (of a hawk) To fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.

RAKE OVER, verb. (idiomatic) To discuss something unpleasant from the past.

RAKE OVER OLD COALS, verb. (idiomatic) (British) To bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.

RAKE OVER THE COALS, verb. (idiomatic) To call to task or to reprimand severely.

RAKE SOMEONE OVER THE COALS, verb. (chiefly US) To berate someone at length, usually from a position of authority or moral authority.

RAKE TOGETHER, verb. (idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty

RAKE UP, verb. (idiomatic) (ambitransitive) to collect (leaves etc.) into a pile by using a rake

RAKE, noun. A dissolute man in fashionable society.

RAKE, noun. Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch".

RAKE, noun. A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil.

RAKE, verb. Move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair".

RAKE, verb. Level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel".

RAKE, verb. Sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast".

RAKE, verb. Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi".

RAKE, verb. Gather with a rake; "rake leaves".

RAKE, verb. Scrape gently; "graze the skin".