Rake

Word RAKE
Character 4
Hyphenation rake
Pronunciations /ɹeɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Rake"

What do we mean by rake?

To slant or cause to incline from the perpendicular. intransitive & transitive verb

Inclination from the perpendicular. noun

The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied. noun

The angle at which a roof is inclined. noun

The inclined edge of a pitched roof or the roof of a gable or dormer. 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. noun

A device that resembles such an implement. noun

To gather or move with or as if with a rake. intransitive verb

To gain in abundance. Often used with in. intransitive verb

To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement. intransitive verb

To move over or across swiftly or harshly. intransitive verb

To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair. intransitive verb

To scrape; scratch. intransitive verb

To aim heavy gunfire along the length of. intransitive verb

To use a rake. intransitive verb

To conduct a thorough search. intransitive verb

To revive or bring to light; uncover. phrasal verb

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.

(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

A word you can use in substitute for a "hoe" or "whore" or "bitch", if you do not want them to know that you are saying bad things about them. Urban Dictionary

A man who is morally loose, short for "rake-hell". It's an old slang, goes back to Elizabethan times or earlier I think. There's a series of paintings called "the Rake's Progress", which shows a young man's descent into depravity. Urban Dictionary

Back in the day, rake used to mean pimp, player, womanizer, a Rick James sort of person. So it's funny now that we call these women hoes, because rakes and hoes go together in parties and in garden sheds... Urban Dictionary

Verb: Baseball slang, an concise way of saying "hits extremely well." noun: Slang for "a clutch or good piece of hitting" Urban Dictionary

In Casino Poker the (small usually) amount that the house takes from the pot. Urban Dictionary

A suspension or structural design to lower one end of the vehicle in relation to the other end. That's layman's terms for the angle the steering stem/column or fork makes from a vertical line 90 degrees from the ground. Urban Dictionary

A male ho (man-whore) Urban Dictionary

When one preforming oral sex on a male bites down and pulls away. Urban Dictionary

A synonym of hoe. Also a synonym of slut, skank, bitch, or tramp. Urban Dictionary

To thrash or totally dominate in competition Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rake

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The word "rake" in example sentences

But by the next harvest I had it so constructed, as to be drawn by an iron bar so shaped, appended and supported on the underneath part of the carriage, as to admit of the machine turning in any direction, and the carriage would follow just as the two hind wheels of a wagon do; the carriage had a seat behind, and a thick, deep cushion in front, for the raker to press his knees against while removing the grain from the platform to his right hand, which he was enabled to do with apparent ease with a _rake of peculiar shape_; -- (it cannot be done with a rake of ordinary shape). ❋ Various (N/A)

JACK: 'Tis a delicate age, by jingo, when the rake is the fine gentleman and the fine gentleman is the lady's favourite, egad. ❋ Unknown (1999)

"Because we don't underestimate the international game," said Johnson, who had nine stitches running down the left side of her nose — courtesy of a face-rake from a New Zealander. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Having mentioned the word rake, I must say a word or two more on that subject, because young people too frequently, and always fatally, are apt to mistake that character for that of a man of pleasure; whereas, there are not in the world two characters more different. ❋ Unknown (2005)

For both of these a small, fine rake is the best cure. ❋ Unknown (1872)

Poker operates on something called the rake, which is a percentage of each hand that goes directly to the casino. ❋ Unknown (2008)

About a third of the funds deposited by gamblers went to the poker companies as revenue, known as the "rake," prosecutors said. ❋ Alexandra Berzon (2011)

About one-third of the funds deposited by gamblers went to the poker companies as revenue, known as the "rake," prosecutors said. ❋ Chad Bray (2011)

I'm not some shy begonia just off the yam truck; I'm more than happy to call a rake "a rake" and a hoe "a hoe" and play the game as directed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Somehow this rake, which is also “up for grabs”, avoided being associated with Lady Gaga. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Back in June, the rake was a weapon--plow through the mud, rip out whatever it hit, say yet another prayer for the unfortunate creature impales by its tines. ❋ Doyle (2008)

The tortoiseshell comb with a handle and three missing teeth, called a rake comb. ❋ Don Delillo (2008)

A rake is a composition of all the lowest, most ignoble, degrading, and shameful vices; they all conspire to disgrace his character, and to ruin his fortune; while wine and the p — — — s contend which shall soonest and most effectually destroy his constitution. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There are leaves to rake, which is good exercise but not as awful as shovelling snow. ❋ Kat (2005)

[Karen] is [such a] rake. lilys a rake. ❋ Fancytiegoose (2020)

"A [new broom] [sweeps] clean, but you can have more fun with an old rake." That one is from an "adult" [fortune cookie]. ❋ Patti (2004)

Person One: (seeing a guy with a [blonde] woman) Didn't he [just go] out with a [redhead] yesterday? Person Two: He's such a rake. ❋ LiChi (2006)

[Albert Pujols] can friggin' rake, man. Did you see [Big Papi's] rake to win the game in the bottom of the [ninth]? ❋ Fran Lattanzio (2006)

[The rake] over [at that] place is $1 out of every $20 [in the pot]. ❋ Kermit The Bear (2005)

[Layman's terms] use: I like [the rake] that car has. The front is an inch lower then the rear. Perfect on that car. An example of using the more technical definition of the term: [The rake] on that frame is 30 degrees. ❋ Stealth17 (2006)

[omg] [Fred] is such a [lil] rake ❋ Donna-Nathalie (2007)

I [raked] him [good]. ❋ Punkette (2002)

[That girl] is a rake! Stop being such a rake and [invite] me to your [party]! ❋ Katquitlollygagging (2008)

I was [raken] [ou] there on the [basketball court]. ❋ Jordan (2005)

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