rake

Plural: rakes

Noun

a dissolute man in fashionable society
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
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 similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
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.
The act of raking.
Something that is raked.
A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
Something that is raked.
A lot, plenty.
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 (rail transport) 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”).
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
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.
Senses relating to watercraft.
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.

Verb

Verb Forms: raked, raking, rakes

To gather or smooth with a long-handled tool having teeth.
move through with or as if with a rake
- "She raked her fingers through her hair"
level or smooth with a rake
- "rake gravel"
sweep the length of
- "The gunfire raked the coast"
examine hastily
gather with a rake
- "rake leaves"
scrape gently
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
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.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To search through (thoroughly).
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) 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 act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
To pick (a lock) with a rake.
Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) 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.
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”).
Senses relating to watercraft.
Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

Examples

A mast rakes aft.
He needed to RAKE through his letters to find a high-scoring word on his Scrabble rack.
Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.
The casino is just raking in the cash; it’s like a licence to print money.
The cat’s sharp claws raked the side of my face.
The enemy machine guns raked the roadway.
The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
We raked all the leaves into a pile.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rake [and other forms], from Old English raca, racu, ræce (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”).
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Danish rage (chiefly regional), Middle Dutch rāke, rēke (modern Dutch raak, reek (both regional), riek (“pitchfork, rake”)), Middle Low German rāke, racke (modern German Low German Raak (“rake; poker”)), Old High German rehho, rech (Middle High German reche, modern German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel”) (modern Icelandic reka (“shovel”)), Old Saxon recho, Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“rake; (long) straight section of a road”)).

Synonyms

blood, crease, glance over, graze, pitch, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue, run down, scan, skim, slant, adulterer, bed-hopper, blissom, carpetmonger, chamber, chamberer, colt, comb, comb through, consist, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, gill, go over with a fine-tooth comb, harlot, harlotize, hood rat, horserake, lecher, lewdster, libertine, minx, philanderer, player, rake, rantipole, rig, rizzler, roué, scour, seducer, slope, slut, trollop, voluptuary, wanton, wantonize

Scrabble Score: 8

rake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

rake: valid Words With Friends Word