rake

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
2. 2
   A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes: A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
3. 3
   A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes: A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.
4. 4
   A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
5. 5
   The act of raking.
6. 6
   Something that is raked: A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
7. 7
   Something that is raked: A lot, plenty.
8. 8
   A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
9. 9
   A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
10. 10
    A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
11. 11
    Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”).
12. 12
    Rate of progress; pace, speed.
13. 13
    A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
14. 14
    In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
15. 15
    The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
16. 16
    Senses relating to watercraft: A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
17. 17
    Senses relating to watercraft: A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
18. 18
    The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
19. 19
    A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

Verb

1. 1
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
2. 2
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
3. 3
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
4. 4
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
5. 5
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
6. 6
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: To search through (thoroughly).
7. 7
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
8. 8
   To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire: To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
9. 9
   To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
10. 10
    To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake: To pick (a lock) with a rake.
11. 11
    Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)
12. 12
    To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
13. 13
    Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
14. 14
    To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
15. 15
    Senses relating to watercraft: To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
16. 16
    Senses relating to watercraft: Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
17. 17
    To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A village in Rogate parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8027).
3. 3
   A small town in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States, named after a pioneer citizen.