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(verb) gather with a rake; "rake leaves" |
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Related Words: collect, garner, gather, pull together |
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(verb) level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel" |
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Related Words: smooth, smoothen |
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(verb) move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair" |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(noun) a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil |
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Related Words: croupier's rake, garden rake, tool |
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(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society |
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Synonyms: blood, profligate, rip, roue |
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Related Words: debauchee, dissolute person, libertine |
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(noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane: "the roof had a steep pitch" |
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Synonyms: pitch, slant |
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Related Words: gradient, slope |
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(verb) scrape gently |
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Synonyms: crease, graze |
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Related Words: brush, shave |
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(verb) examine hastily |
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Synonyms: glance over, run down, scan, skim |
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Related Words: examine |
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