| VERB | motion | rake | move through with or as if with a rake |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | rake | level or smooth with a rake | |
| stative | rake | sweep the length of | |
| perception | rake, scan, skim, glance over, run down | examine hastily | |
| contact | rake | gather with a rake | |
| contact | rake, graze, crease | scrape gently | |
| NOUN | person | rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue | a dissolute man in fashionable society |
| attribute | rake, pitch, slant | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | |
| artifact | rake | a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head |
| Sounds | rey'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... | |
| Meaning | A dissolute man in fashionable society. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue | |
| Broader | libertine, debauchee, rounder | A dissolute person |
| Spanish | disoluto, libertino, licencioso | |
| Catalan | dissolut, llicenciós | |
| Meaning | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pitch, slant | |
| Narrower | loft | (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air |
| Broader | gradient, slope | The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal |
| Spanish | caída, inclinación, pendiente | |
| Catalan | caiguda, inclinació, pendent | |
| Meaning | A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | rake handle | The handle of a rake |
| Narrower | croupier's rake | A small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table |
| garden rake | A rake used by gardeners | |
| Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
| Spanish | rastrillo | |
| Catalan | rampí, rasclet | |
| Verbs | rake | gather with a rake |
| rake | level or smooth with a rake | |
| rake | move through with or as if with a rake | |
| Meaning | Move through with or as if with a rake. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She raked her fingers through her hair" | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Nouns | rake | a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head |
| Meaning | Level or smooth with a rake. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rake gravel" | |
| Broader | smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
| Spanish | rastrillar | |
| Catalan | rampinar, rasclar, rastellar | |
| Nouns | rake | a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head |
| Meaning | sweep the length of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The gunfire raked the coast" | |
| Narrower | enfilade | rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction |
| Broader | sweep | Cover the entire range of |
| Spanish | barrer | |
| Meaning | Examine hastily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | scan, skim, glance over, run down | |
| Broader | examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
| Spanish | escudriñar, explorar, hurgar | |
| Catalan | escodrinyar, escorcollar, examinar, explorar, furgar | |
| Meaning | Gather with a rake. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rake leaves" | |
| Entails | scrape, grate | scratch repeatedly |
| Broader | gather, garner, collect, pull together | Assemble or get together |
| See also | rake in | earn large sums of money |
| rake off | take money from an illegal transaction | |
| Spanish | rastrillar | |
| Catalan | rampinar, rasclar, rastellar | |
| Nouns | rake | a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head |
| Meaning | scrape gently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | graze, crease | |
| Narrower | shave | touch the surface of lightly |
| Broader | brush | touch lightly and briefly |
| Spanish | arañar, raer, rascar, raspar, rastrillar | |
| Catalan | rasclar, raspar, raure | |
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