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rake
v. collect, gather together; cause to slant, cause to slope


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Rake
Rake may refer to:Rake (tool), a long-handled tool with tines.Rake (poker), the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game.The "rake", the artificial slope of a  theatre stage.Rake (character), a man habituated to immoral conduct. An archaic term most often found in historical romance novels.Rake receiver, a radio receiver.Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language.Rake (angle), various angles in bicycle and motorcycle geometry.Rake, also castor angle, the angle between the steering axis and the vertical on a motorcycle.Rake (Building term), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable.Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships.A guitar-playing method involving muted notes.
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rake
Noun
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
(synonym) profligate, rip, blood, roue
(hypernym) libertine, debauchee, rounder
2. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
(synonym) pitch, slant
(hypernym) gradient, slope
3. a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
(hypernym) tool
(hyponym) croupier's rake
(part-meronym) rake handle
Verb
1. move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
(hypernym) move, displace
2. level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
(hypernym) smooth, smoothen
3. sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"
(hypernym) sweep
(hyponym) enfilade
4. examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
(synonym) scan, skim, glance over, run down
(hypernym) examine, see
5. gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
(hypernym) gather, garner, collect, pull together
(entail) scrape, grate
(see-also) rake off
6. scrape gently; "graze the skin"
(synonym) graze, crease
(hypernym) brush
(hyponym) shave


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Raking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rake
  
 
(n.)
The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
  
 
(n.)
A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
  

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danh từ độ nghiêng sự cời lên hand raking: sự cời lên bằng tay mechanical raking: sự cời lên bằng máy sự cào
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