SkyfireDict

rake   (TTS Sound)

The noun rake has 3 senses

• rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue -- (a dissolute man in fashionable society)


• pitch, rake, slant -- (degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch")


• rake -- (a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil)

The verb rake has 6 senses

• rake -- (move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair")


• rake -- (level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel")


• rake -- (sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast")


• scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down -- (examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi")


• rake -- (gather with a rake; "rake leaves")


• graze, crease, rake -- (scrape gently; "graze the skin")