rake
1
(r
k)
KEY
NOUN:
- A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
- A device that resembles such an implement.
VERB:
raked
,
rak·ing
,
rakes
VERB:
tr.
- To gather or move with or as if with a rake:
rake leaves; rake in the gambling chips.
- To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement:
rake the soil for planting.
-
Informal
To gain in abundance. Often used with in:
a successful company that raked in the profits.
- To search or examine thoroughly; ransack.
- To scrape; scratch.
- To aim heavy gunfire along the length of.
VERB:
intr.
- To use a rake.
- To conduct a thorough search:
raked through the files for the misplaced letter.
PHRASAL VERB:
rake up
- To revive or bring to light; uncover:
rake up old gossip.
IDIOM:
rake over the coals
- To reprimand severely.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English
raca; see
reg- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
rak
er
(Noun)
