Rake | Mean of rake in English Dictionary

/ˈreɪk/

• Noun
• a tool that has a series of metal, wooden, or plastic pieces at the end of a long handle and that is used to gather leaves, break apart soil, make ground smooth, etc.
1. a leaf rake
• Verb
• to use a rake to gather leaves, break apart soil, make ground smooth, etc.
1. rake (up) leaves
2. I raked the gravel smooth.
3. Rake (out) the soil until it's level.
4. rake the lawn [=use a rake to remove leaves, sticks, etc., from the lawn]
5. We raked all afternoon.
• to move (your fingers or something similar) through or along something
1. He raked his fingers through his hair.
2. The cat raked its claws along/down the post.

• to shoot many bullets along (something)
1. Two men raked the car with gunfire.
• to search through something by using your hand
1. He raked [=rifled] through the drawers, trying to find the letter.
2. She raked around in her handbag.
• to earn or receive (a large amount of money)
1. The movie raked in over $300 million.
• to earn a lot of money
1. The owners of that restaurant must be really raking it in.
• to continue to think or talk about (something that happened in the past)
1. Don't spend so much time raking over the past.
• to talk about (something unpleasant that happened in the past)
1. There's no need to rake those old controversies up again.
2. She didn't like to rake up [=dredge up] bad memories.
• Noun
• an upward or downward slant
1. the slight/steep rake of the stage
2. the forward rake of the barge
• a man who leads an immoral life and is mainly interested in pleasure
1. a selfish rake