rake

1. (verb) gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
Related Words: collect, garner, gather, pull together

2. (verb) level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
Related Words: smooth, smoothen

3. (verb) move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
Related Words: displace, move

4. (noun) a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
Related Words: croupier's rake, garden rake, tool

5. (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms: blood, profligate, rip, roue
Related Words: debauchee, dissolute person, libertine

6. (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane: "the roof had a steep pitch"
Synonyms: pitch, slant
Related Words: gradient, slope

7. (verb) scrape gently
Synonyms: crease, graze
Related Words: brush, shave

8. (verb) examine hastily
Synonyms: glance over, run down, scan, skim
Related Words: examine



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