Definition of Rake

Noun

• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head
  used to move leaves or loosen soil
  
• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
  "the roof had a steep pitch"
  pitch slant
• a dissolute man in fashionable society
  rakehell profligate rip blood roue

Verb

• scrape gently
  "graze the skin"
  graze crease
• gather with a rake
  "rake leaves"
  
• examine hastily
  "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
  scan skim - glance over - run down
• sweep the length of
  "The gunfire raked the coast"
  
• level or smooth with a rake
  "rake gravel"
  
• move through with or as if with a rake
  "She raked her fingers through her hair"
  

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