A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
The act of raking.
Something that is raked.
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.
A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
The movement of animals while grazing.
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
To walk; to roam, to wander.
Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
To roam or wander through (somewhere).
A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
The act of raking.
Something that is raked.
A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
(originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
(systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
Senses relating to watercraft.
(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
Rate of progress; pace, speed.
To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
Senses relating to watercraft.
(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
A mast rakes aft.
Senses relating to watercraft.
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.