rake

1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
2. A device that resembles such an implement.

1. To gather or move with or as if with a rake: rake leaves; rake in the gambling chips.
2. To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement: rake the soil for planting.
3. Informal. To gain in abundance. Often used with in: a successful company that raked in the profits.
4. To search or examine thoroughly; ransack.
5. To scrape; scratch.
6. To aim heavy gunfire along the length of.

1. To use a rake.
2. To conduct a thorough search: raked through the files for the misplaced letter.

rake up

1. To revive or bring to light; uncover: rake up old gossip.

rake over the coals

1. To reprimand severely.

[Middle English, from Old English raca.]

An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine.

[Short for RAKEHELL.]

To slant or cause to incline from the perpendicular: propeller blades that rake backward from the shaft; rake a ship's mast.

1. Inclination from the perpendicular: the rake of a jet plane's wings.
2. The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.

[Origin unknown.]

noun

An immoral or licentious person: libertine, profligate, wanton. See sex/asexual.

verb

To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal: cant¹, heel², incline, lean¹, list², slant, slope, tilt, tip². See straight/bent.

noun

Deviation from a particular direction: cant¹, grade, gradient, heel², inclination, incline, lean¹, list², slant, slope, tilt, tip². See rise/fall, straight/bent.

1. A slope; an inclination; e.g., the inclination (from the horizontal) of an auditorium floor.
2. A board or molding along the sloping edge of a gable; covers the edges of the siding. 3. On the roof of an early colonial house, a flat board covering the lower ends of the rafters.

A grooming instrument, used to comb through thick mats in the haircoat of dogs.

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Rake may refer to:

• Rake (angle), various angles in bicycle and motorcycle geometry
• Rake (tool), a long-handled tool with tines
• Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships
• Rake (character), a man habituated to immoral conduct.
• Rake (poker), the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game
• Rake receiver, a radio receiver
• Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language
• Rake and trail, also castor angle, the angle between the steering axis and the vertical on a motorcycle
• Hay rake, a farm implement

Place names

• Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States
• Rake, West Sussex, a village in England

Other uses

• A Rake's Progress, a series of illustrations by William Hogarth
• The Rake's Progress, an English opera by Igor Stravinsky, based on Hogarth's illustrations
• Rake (band), a noise rock/avant-garde musical ensemble from Northern Virginia, USA
• Rake Yohn, a member of the CKY and Jackass crews
• Raking fire, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare
• The slope of the roof at the end of a gable
• A guitar-playing method involving muted notes
• Raking, a lock picking technique in which a lock pick is slid outwards from the back of a lock to push its pins up
• The artificial slope of a stage (theatre)
• A train made up primarily of coaches

See also

Sounding similar:

• Reiki, a complementary therapy

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - rive, skraber
v. tr. - afsøge, kradse, rive, gennemsøge, finkæmme
v. intr. - arbejde med rive

idioms:

• rake in    indkassere, skrabe sammen
• rake out    rage ud, kradse ud
• rake over    rode op i, rippe op i
• rake through    lede, gennemsøge, finkæmme
• rake up    rode op i, rippe op i

2.
n. - udsvævende person

3.
v. intr. - hælde, stå skråt, falde frem
v. tr. - stille skråt
n. - hældning

4.
n. - en række vogne (f.eks. tog)

Nederlands (Dutch)
hark, (hoek van) valling, schuinte van stoelleuning, helling van podium, modieuze losbol, reeks wagons (op spoorweg of in mijn/ fabriek), harken, in de lengte (be)schieten, grondig doorzoeken, uitzicht hebben over (raam), met de ogen alles opnemen, krassen, (doen) hellen, zachtjes aanraken, de pan uitvegen

Français (French)
1.
n. - râteau, râteau de croupier
v. tr. - (Agric, Hort) ratisser, balayer
v. intr. - fouiller dans

idioms:

• rake in    amasser (de l'argent, des profits)
• rake out    étouffer, étouffer (un feu)
• rake over    (lit) ratisser, (fig) remuer (des souvenirs)
• rake through    fouiller dans
• rake up    ratisser, ramasser (qch) avec un râteau, (fig) ressusciter, remuer (le passé)

2.
n. - débauché

3.
v. intr. - être incliné, être en pente
v. tr. - incliner (une cheminée, etc), construire (qch) en pente
n. - (angle) d'inclinaison, pente

4.
n. - (Rail) attelage de wagons/de voitures

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Harke, Rechen, Neigung, Lebemann
v. - harken, rechen, bestreichen

idioms:

• rake in    scheffeln
• rake out    auskundschaften
• rake over    harken
• rake through    etwas mit den Händen durchwühlen
• rake up    zusammenharken, wiederaufleben lassen

2.
n. - Wüstling, Lebemann

3.
v. - schräg legen
n. - Neigung

4.
n. - Harke, Rechen, Neigung, Lebemann

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τσουγκράνα, ξύστρα, στέκα, γλεντζές
v. - τσουγκρανίζω, σκαλίζω/μαζεύω/"χτενίζω" (με τσουγκράνα), (στρατ.) σαρώνω με βολές (κν. γαζώνω), εξετάζω, ερευνώ, ψάχνω

idioms:

• rake in    μαζεύω (χρήματα)
• rake out    ξεσκαλίζω, ξετρυπώνω
• rake over    ανασκαλεύω
• rake through    σκαλίζω, ανασκαλεύω
• rake up    ανακατεύω ή στρώνω με τσουγκράνα, σκαλίζω, ανασκαλεύω, (στρατ.) γαζώνω, πολυβολώ

Italiano (Italian)
rastrellare, rastrello

idioms:

• rake in    racimolare
• rake out    scovare
• rake over    rievocare
• rake through    esaminare
• rake up    raccogliere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ancinho (m), farrista (m)
v. - varrer com ancinho

idioms:

• rake in    acumular (dinheiro)
• rake out    explorar
• rake over    relembrar
• rake through    procurar
• rake up    trazer à tona

Русский (Russian)
распутник, грабли, уклон, обстрелять, грести

idioms:

• rake in    загребать лопатой
• rake out    выгребать
• rake over    ворошить
• rake through    тщательно рассмотреть
• rake up    сгребать, напомнит о (сплетнях)

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - rastrillo
v. tr. - rastrillar, raspar, rascar, raer, atizar, hurgar, registrar, juntar, acumular
v. intr. - buscar en, inclinarse o estar inclinado hacia atrás, llevar vida disoluta

idioms:

• rake in    recoger con el rastrillo, amasar (fortuna)
• rake out    quitar las cenizas de, ahondar raspando
• rake over    remover (el pasado), sacar los trapos a relucir, rastrillar
• rake through    rastrear
• rake up    sacar a relucir, remover, rastrillar, conseguir, atizar

2.
n. - persona inmoral o de vida disoluta

3.
v. intr. - causar una inclinación
v. tr. - inclinarse
n. - inclinación, desvío de la perpendicular

4.
n. - grupo de vagones de tren acoplados

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rucklare, lutning
v. - luta bakåt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 耙, 草耙, 钱耙, 耙状的用具, 耙平, 把...耙在一起, 耙松, 搜索, 探索, 翻检, 擦过, 掠过

idioms:

• rake in    迅速取得
• rake out    搜寻地
• rake over    痛骂
• rake through    搜索
• rake up    重提某事, 旧话重提

2. 放荡的人, 浪子

3. 倾斜, 使倾斜, 倾角, 斜度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 傾斜
v. tr. - 使傾斜
n. - 傾角, 斜度

2.
n. - 放蕩的人, 浪子

3.
n. - 耙, 草耙, 錢耙, 耙狀的用具
v. tr. - 耙平, 把...耙在一起, 耙鬆, 搜索, 探索
v. intr. - 耙, 翻檢, 搜索, 擦過, 掠過

idioms:

• rake in    迅速取得
• rake out    搜尋地
• rake over    痛罵
• rake through    搜索
• rake up    重提某事, 舊話重提

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 갈퀴, 써레
v. tr. - 써레질하다, 긁다, 이리저리 긁어 모으다
v. intr. - 갈퀴로 긁다, 샅샅이 찾다

idioms:

• rake in    잔뜩 긁어 모으다
• rake out    찾아내다, 긁어내다
• rake over    긁어 모으다, 검사하다
• rake through    소사하다
• rake up    긁어 모으다, 폭로하다

2.
n. - 부도덕적인 사람, 방탕자

3.
v. intr. - 경사지게 하다
v. tr. - 경사지다
n. - 고물쪽으로의 경사

4.
n. - 기차의 객차, 커플용 마차

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - くま手, 火かき, 傾斜, 放蕩児, 道楽者
v. - かきならす, かき集める, 機銃掃射する, くまなく探す, 見通す, 後方に傾かせる, 傾斜を付ける

idioms:

• rake in    さっとかき集める
• rake out    除く
• rake over    あばきたてる
• rake through    詮索する
• rake up    くま手でかき集める, かき集める, ほじくり返す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشط لعزق التراب (فعل) ينقب في, يميل, ينحدر, يرمي رمي الجرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגרפה, מגוב, הכוונת ירי לאורך מסלול ישר, חלון בעל נוף מרהיב‬
v. tr. - ‮אסף, סרק, שטף בעיניו, שרט, גירד‬
v. intr. - ‮אסף, סרק, ניקה במגרפה‬
n. - ‮פרוץ, מופקר, רודף תענוגות, ריקא‬
v. intr. - ‮נטה לאחור, השתפע‬
v. tr. - ‮היטה לאחור, שיפע‬
n. - ‮שיפוע, שיעור השיפוע, נטייה, הכוונת ירי לאורך מסלול ישר‬
n. - ‮מספר קרונות רכבת מחוברים‬

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