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[[t]reɪk[/t]]

n. v. raked, rak•ing

1) agr. an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, etc., or for smoothing the surface of the ground

2) any of various implements of similar form and use

3) agr. cv to gather, draw, or remove with a rake

4) to clear, smooth, or prepare with a rake

5) to clear (a fire, embers, etc.) by stirring with a poker or the like

6) to gather or collect in abundance (usu. fol. by in):

to rake in money[/ex]

7) to bring to light, usu. for discreditable reasons (usu. fol. by up):

to rake up a scandal[/ex]

8) to search thoroughly through

9) to scrape; scratch

10) to fire guns along the length of (a body of troops, ship, etc.)

11) to sweep with the eyes

12) agr. to use a rake

13) to search, as if with a rake

14) to scrape or scratch

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Etymology: bef. 900; (n.) ME rak(e), OE raca (masc.), racu (fem.); c. G Rechen; (v.) ME raken, partly der. of the n., partly < ON raka to scrape, rake rak′er, n. II

rake

[[t]reɪk[/t]] n.

a dissolute or profligate and usu. licentious man; roué; libertine

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Etymology: 1645–55; see rakehell III

rake

[[t]reɪk[/t]] v. raked, rak•ing, n.

1) bui to incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal

2) bui to cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal

3) bui inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal

4) aer. the angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry

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Etymology: 1620–30; orig. uncert.