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Meaning rake meaning

What does rake mean?
Definitions in simple English

rake Noun

— A rake is a garden tool used to gather leaves, grass clippings, and other garden debris. He mowed the grass, then used a rake to gather the clippings. — A rake is someone (usually a man) who has little regard for morals, especially sexual morals. Don Juan was a rake. Hogarth made a group of pictures called "The Rakes Progress".

rake

— verb level or smooth with a rake rake gravel — verb move through with or as if with a rake She raked her fingers through her hair — verb gather with a rake rake leaves — verb sweep the length of The gunfire raked the coast — noun a dissolute man in fashionable society — noun a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil — noun (= pitch) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane the roof had a steep pitch — verb (= graze) scrape gently graze the skin — verb (= scan) examine hastily She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi

Synonyms rake synonyms

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rake English » English

libertine profligate scratch harrow roue sweep scrape slope scraper scapegrace pitch lecher brush slant skim shave rip rakehell playboy graze fork debauchee comb bank whisk skin and bones search scrabble scan satyr run down rummage road-scraper poke philanderer inclination hoe glance over enfilade dig delve crease blood ascent womanizer womaniser wolf wipe up wipe out wipe off

Topics rake topics

What do people use rake to talk about?
Daily life Cleaning

Sweep, rake
Person Life Male, female

Man
Language and thought Think Remember

Remind
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Work and occupation Agriculture Tend a field

Uproot plants
Work and occupation Finance Accumulate wealth

Earn
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Take something out of something

Conjugation rake conjugation

How do you conjugate rake?

rake · verb

Examples rake examples

How do I use rake in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Use a rake and rake up the leaves in the yard.
Tom wanted to help Mary rake the leaves, but she was using the only rake.
Rake the leaves in the backyard.
Tom is a rake.
You'll find a rake in the shed.
Rake the leaves into piles and we'll burn them.
Tom stepped on the rake.

Movie subtitles

I was returning this undercoat rake I had borrowed.
No, the general's staff's been over this country with a rake.
Alois is a ninny without energy. Kristian a rake wasting his energies.
But Miss Gulch hit Toto with a rake because she says he chases her nasty old cat every day!
You engage them, rake and scuttle them.
We'll sail in until we sight them, make a larboard tack. and rake them with broadsides as we cross the harbor.
Rake in the dough. Can't promise to give it back.
For if you hide the crown even in your hearts, there will he rake for it.
Good, we'll rake them with it.
You just rake it in, without lifting a finger.
Rake in the loot.
Why did you come here and rake up old lies about killing God?
Those that survive rake.
Where there were chips to be had, they were holding the rake.
We'll rake the room.
Gunners, stand by to rake her stern!
That's one thing we do. Rake in the dough. Can't promise to give it back.
Now this here rake, it's the identical one you got from the garden this afternoon, now ain't it?
Are you trying to prove that Geoffrey Musgrave was killed with a rake?
Let me see your rake.
Any fingerprints on the rake, inspector?
It's beyond imagination, I suppose, that somebody else could have used the rake and wiped off both sets of fingerprints.
This Yankee lad had motive and opportunity and the rake ties him right up tight to the corpse.
Who's the girl sittin' next toJake the Rake?
A fellow named Jake the Rake.
As soon as I rake in the chips, I walk out of the game.
Why rake up dead leaves?
At birth, each Monegasque finds in his crib. the traditional croupier's black rake.
Given the traditional rake mentioned earlier. 6 months later I was hired as a croupier at table 4. convinced I'd lead an honest life. because a croupier can't cheat at roulette.
And in his fireplace, you planted Stephens' ledger which contained the records of the syndicate's crooked deals including your rake-off.
Don't rake it all over again.
Rake in the dough.
We'll rake out every last maggot that can walk and crawl.
And you, you young rake. you haven't yet asked Miss Barrymore to dance.
Vardes, the most dangerous rake in Paris!
Constantly stepping on the same rake.
And I'm to open negotiations with such rake about a real estate sale.!
The man behind them with a rake is me.

News and current affairs

But those rationales won't do: other developing countries, from Jamaica to Ethiopia, regularly rake in the medals.

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