Rake
noun
A tool with a long handle and pointed metal parts used for gathering leaves or cutting grass.
He used his rake to collect the leaves in his yard.
Often appears as...
- use a rake
- rake the leaves
verb
To gather, pull, or move with a rake or similar implement.
She raked the leaves into a pile.
Often appears as...
- rake the yard
- rake together
noun
A man who leads an immoral life and is interested in pleasure, especially sexual.
He earned a reputation of being a rakish playboy.
Often appears as...
- act like a rake
- known as a rake
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Literary
verb
To sweep (eyes or a gaze) over something quickly and casually.
His gaze raked over her, observing every detail.
Often appears as...
- rake a glance
- rake a look
noun
A tool with a long handle and pointed metal parts used for gathering leaves or cutting grass.
He used his rake to collect the leaves in his yard.
Often appears as...
- use a rake
- rake the leaves
verb
To gather, pull, or move with a rake or similar implement.
She raked the leaves into a pile.
Often appears as...
- rake the yard
- rake together
noun
A man who leads an immoral life and is interested in pleasure, especially sexual.
He earned a reputation of being a rakish playboy.
Often appears as...
- act like a rake
- known as a rake
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Literary
verb
To sweep (eyes or a gaze) over something quickly and casually.
His gaze raked over her, observing every detail.
Often appears as...
- rake a glance
- rake a look
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Gardening Context
Use this sense of 'rake' when discussing garden work or yard cleanup.
Please grab the rake so we can clear these fallen leaves.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Metal
While traditional rakes had metal parts, they can also be made of plastic or wood.
The plastic rake was light and perfect for the children to help in the garden.
Pro Tip 1/2Gardening Context
Use this sense of 'rake' when discussing garden work or yard cleanup.
Please grab the rake so we can clear these fallen leaves.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Metal
While traditional rakes had metal parts, they can also be made of plastic or wood.
The plastic rake was light and perfect for the children to help in the garden.
Pro Tip 1/2Gardening Context
Use this sense of 'rake' when discussing garden work or yard cleanup.
Please grab the rake so we can clear these fallen leaves.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Metal
While traditional rakes had metal parts, they can also be made of plastic or wood.
The plastic rake was light and perfect for the children to help in the garden.
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Video examples
Joshua Prince-Ramus:...
This is the flat floor configuration. You notice that there is no proscenium, the balconies have been raised up, there are no seats, the floor in the auditorium is flat. The first configuration is easy to understand. The balconies come down, you see that the orchestra begins to have a rake that's frontal towards the end stage,
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Building a theater that...
that there's no proscenium the balconies have been raised up there are no seats the floor and the auditorium is flat the first configuration is easy to understand the balconies come down you see that the orchestra begins to have a rake that's frontal towards the end stage and the seats come in the third
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Going Undercover to Save...
on their tables they're trying to feed their families but with the bigger criminal syndicates they're raking in the money malaika realized that this trade was more global than she'd assumed when you're filming in a wildlife market in guangzhou one month and then back home in your country seeing these
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Why glass towers are bad...
at all hours of the day. Early in the morning, sunlight rakes the facades, sharpening shadows, and at night, lamplight segments the buildings into hundreds of distinct areas, balconies and windows and arcades, each one a separate pocket of visual activity.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
will have a look at a couple but like I said the main factor to a lot of the reason why species are going extinct is due to habitat loss unfortunately because of us because of us as humans raking the environment what's making that noise can you hear that
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Is the world getting...
Let me address some questions about progress that no doubt have occurred to many of you. First, isn't it good to be pessimistic to safeguard against complacency, to rake the muck, to speak truth to power? Well, not exactly. It's good to be accurate.
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We should aim for...
post advertisements on websites that are commonly miskeyed, and then they sit back and rake in millions banking on the fact that you're visiting something like gmale.com or mikerowesoft.com. It just seems kind of silly, doesn't it? How about this?
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Where Does Your Sewage...
the first process happens here at the inlet works using these screens large lumps like bricks wood rags a rake towels once collected these large objects we all be washed and sent to a landfill sites nearby they even had half a car
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The life cycle of a cup...
Over the next three weeks, workers rake the seeds regularly to ensure they dry evenly. Once the coffee beans are dry, a truck takes them to a nearby mill with several specialized machines.
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Drifting With the Ice:...
returns to the world when it was raking and squeezing his ship butts moving it's loud
Video examples
Joshua Prince-Ramus:...
This is the flat floor configuration. You notice that there is no proscenium, the balconies have been raised up, there are no seats, the floor in the auditorium is flat. The first configuration is easy to understand. The balconies come down, you see that the orchestra begins to have a rake that's frontal towards the end stage,
Video examples
Building a theater that...
that there's no proscenium the balconies have been raised up there are no seats the floor and the auditorium is flat the first configuration is easy to understand the balconies come down you see that the orchestra begins to have a rake that's frontal towards the end stage and the seats come in the third
Video examples
Going Undercover to Save...
on their tables they're trying to feed their families but with the bigger criminal syndicates they're raking in the money malaika realized that this trade was more global than she'd assumed when you're filming in a wildlife market in guangzhou one month and then back home in your country seeing these
Video examples
Why glass towers are bad...
at all hours of the day. Early in the morning, sunlight rakes the facades, sharpening shadows, and at night, lamplight segments the buildings into hundreds of distinct areas, balconies and windows and arcades, each one a separate pocket of visual activity.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
will have a look at a couple but like I said the main factor to a lot of the reason why species are going extinct is due to habitat loss unfortunately because of us because of us as humans raking the environment what's making that noise can you hear that
Video examples
Is the world getting...
Let me address some questions about progress that no doubt have occurred to many of you. First, isn't it good to be pessimistic to safeguard against complacency, to rake the muck, to speak truth to power? Well, not exactly. It's good to be accurate.
Video examples
We should aim for...
post advertisements on websites that are commonly miskeyed, and then they sit back and rake in millions banking on the fact that you're visiting something like gmale.com or mikerowesoft.com. It just seems kind of silly, doesn't it? How about this?
Video examples
Where Does Your Sewage...
the first process happens here at the inlet works using these screens large lumps like bricks wood rags a rake towels once collected these large objects we all be washed and sent to a landfill sites nearby they even had half a car
Video examples
The life cycle of a cup...
Over the next three weeks, workers rake the seeds regularly to ensure they dry evenly. Once the coffee beans are dry, a truck takes them to a nearby mill with several specialized machines.
Video examples
Drifting With the Ice:...
returns to the world when it was raking and squeezing his ship butts moving it's loud
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Pete Seeger
American Musician
I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split wood. We also live on a steep hill, and I have to rake and put in cross-stitches to keep the road from washing out when there's a big rain.
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Eugene Chadbourne
American Composer
People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to just make terrible noise. Occasionally, it will make a sound like a note.
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Pete Doherty
English Musician
It's difficult talking about someone you love when you've split up with them, because it's painful to rake up all those old emotions again.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
If we keep on raking up the past, you can never work with anybody. You will always be fighting against your enemies, and that is bad.
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Gavin Creel
American Actor
I want to be respected by my peers and do really great work, even if it gets panned, even if I get raked across the coals.
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Chuck Close
American Artist
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
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Mithun Chakraborty
Indian Actor
Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
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Henny Youngman
American Comedian
While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.
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Felix Dennis
British Publisher
I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Poet
He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
Quote examples
Pete Seeger
American Musician
I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split wood. We also live on a steep hill, and I have to rake and put in cross-stitches to keep the road from washing out when there's a big rain.
Quote examples
Eugene Chadbourne
American Composer
People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to just make terrible noise. Occasionally, it will make a sound like a note.
Quote examples
Pete Doherty
English Musician
It's difficult talking about someone you love when you've split up with them, because it's painful to rake up all those old emotions again.
Quote examples
Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
If we keep on raking up the past, you can never work with anybody. You will always be fighting against your enemies, and that is bad.
Quote examples
Gavin Creel
American Actor
I want to be respected by my peers and do really great work, even if it gets panned, even if I get raked across the coals.
Quote examples
Chuck Close
American Artist
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Quote examples
Mithun Chakraborty
Indian Actor
Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
Quote examples
Henny Youngman
American Comedian
While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.
Quote examples
Felix Dennis
British Publisher
I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.
Quote examples
Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Poet
He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
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