rake
- Noun. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
- Noun. (Ireland, slang) a lot, plenty.
- Noun. (geology) the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured ''within'' the fault plane.
- Noun. (roofing) the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- Noun. (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- Noun. (context, cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- Verb. To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.
- Verb. To search thoroughly.
- Verb. To spray with gunfire.
- Verb. To claw at; to scratch.
- Verb. To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in).
- Verb. (intransitive) To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
- Verb. (obsolete, transitive) To guide; to direct.
- Noun. A man habituated to immoral conduct.
- Noun. (context, provincial) a course; direction; stretch.
- Noun. (context, provincial) a range, stray.
- Verb. (context, provincial) To run or rove.
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