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Rakes

noun
/ɹeɪks/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
2.nounThe movement of animals while grazing.
3.nounThe pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
4.nounA journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
5.verbTo walk; to roam, to wander.
6.verbOf animals (especially sheep): to graze.
7.verbTo roam or wander through (somewhere).
8.nounA 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.
9.noun(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
10.nounThe act of raking.
11.nounSomething that is raked.
12.verbTo act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
"She is raking the gravel path to keep it even."
13.nounA course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
14.nounA fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
15.noun(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."
16.noun(systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
17.nounRate of progress; pace, speed.
18.verbTo move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
19.verbOf a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
20.nounA divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
21.noun(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).
22.nounThe direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
23.nounSenses relating to watercraft.
24.noun(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
25.verbTo incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
"A mast rakes aft."
26.verbSenses relating to watercraft.
27.nounA person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
28.verbTo behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

Synonyms

horserakeconsistsloperouégrazeskimcreaseslantpitchrun downglance overblood

Rhymes With

takesstakesmistakesmakesundertakesjakesbreakssnakes
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