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degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"

a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

gather with a rake; "rake leaves"

level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"

move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"

scrape gently; "graze the skin"

examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"

a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

gather with a rake; "rake leaves"

level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"

move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.

To search through; to scour; to ransack.

To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.

To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.

To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.

the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, - used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

A toothed machine drawn by a horse, - used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; - called also rake-vein.

To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; - often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.

To search through; to scour; to ransack.

To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.

To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.

To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.

the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, - used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

A toothed machine drawn by a horse, - used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; - called also rake-vein.

To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; - often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

An implement with teeth or tines for gathering together loose matter, or for making soil loose and smooth; an immoral man; slant or slope.

To gather, smooth, or loosen with a rake; as, to rake up leaves; rake a flower bed; to collect; to gather together by diligent effort; as, to rake up evidence; to search through carefully; ransack; as, they raked the records for proof; to fire upon, especially along the length of; as, to rake the deck of a ship.

To work with a rake; as, he raked in the garden; to make a close search; to slant or slope.

Raker.

An instrument with teeth or pins for smoothing earth, etc.

To scrape with something toothed: to draw together: to gather with difficulty: to level with a rake: to search diligently over: to pass over violently: (naut.) to fire into, as a ship, lengthwise.

To scrape, as with a rake: to search minutely: to pass with violence.

A rascal.

The projection of the stem and stern of a ship beyond the extremities of the keel: the inclination of a mast from the perpendicular.

To fly wide of the quarry, said of a hawk.

To scrape with something toothed; search in or over; sweep with guns.

To use a rake; search.

Toothed farming tool; a libertine.

To scrape together.

To stir with a rake; use a rake; make a search; ran sack.

To fire along the length of, as of a vessel or a line of soldiers.

A toothed implement for drawing together loose material, or smoothing a surface.

To lean, as a mast; inclinc.

Inclination from the perpendicular.

A dissolute, lewd man.

n. [German, French] A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a man of pleasure ; a wild young fellow.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] The projection of the upper parts of the stem and stern, beyond the extremities of the keel ;- the inclination of a mast from a perpendicular direction.