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[ verb ] level or smooth with a rake

Examples

"rake gravel"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

I dig it , rake it smooth , sow the seeds and wet them down with a fog spray .

Related terms

smooth

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[ verb ] move through with or as if with a rake

Examples

"She raked her fingers through her hair"

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

The lieutenant 's sparse brown hair was heavily pomaded , and as Killpath raked the comb through it , it stuck together in thatches so that it looked_like umbrella ribs clinging to his pink skull .

Related terms

move

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[ verb ] scrape gently

Synonyms

crease graze

Examples

"graze the skin"

Related terms

brush shave graze

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[ verb ] gather with a rake

Examples

"rake leaves"

Related terms

gather rake_in rake_off scrape

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[ noun ] degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

Synonyms

slant pitch

Examples

: "the roof had a steep pitch"

Related terms

gradient cant slope

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[ noun ] a dissolute man in fashionable society

Related terms

libertine

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[ verb ] examine hastily

Examples

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

Related terms

examine skim

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[ verb ] sweep the length of

Examples

"The gunfire raked the coast"

Related terms

sweep enfilade

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12970
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[ noun ] a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
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