rake

Nouns

  • (n) a dissolute man in fashionable society profligate, rakehell, rip, roue, blood,
  • (n) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
    • the roof had a steep pitch
    slant, pitch,
  • (n) a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

Verbs

  • (v) move through with or as if with a rake
    • She raked her fingers through her hair
  • (v) level or smooth with a rake
    • rake gravel
  • (v) sweep the length of
    • The gunfire raked the coast
  • (v) examine hastily
    • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    glance over, scan, skim, run down,
  • (v) gather with a rake
    • rake leaves
  • (v) scrape gently
    • graze the skin
    crease, graze,

Synonyms

profligate rakehell rip roue blood slant pitch glance over scan skim run down crease graze

See also

rake off rake in shovel in

Words of close approximity

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