rake
rayk
- n a dissolute man in fashionable society
- n degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- n a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
- v move through with or as if with a rake
She raked her fingers through her hair - v level or smooth with a rake
rake gravel - v sweep the length of
The gunfire raked the coast - v examine hastily
- v gather with a rake
rake leaves - v scrape gently
- Churchill Brown Mehard raked through a personal inheritance so fast and thoroughly that in 1937 his family had him deposed as executor of his father's estate (estimated at $1,000 .
- And it taps the government for tens of millions of dollars in federal aid every year, even though the Silver Star rakes in annual profits of about $100 million.
- When he bet Actor Bing Crosby the he could beat him with a baseball bat, shovel and a garden rake, the match ende after one hole because Montague started off with a birdie, using .