rake

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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. (broadly) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
3. (broadly) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
4. A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.

Verb

1. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
2. (also, figuratively, transitive) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
3. (transitive) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
4. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
5. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
6. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
7. (also, ambitransitive, figuratively) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
8. (also, ambitransitive, figuratively) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
9. (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, also, figuratively, transitive) To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
10. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.

Verb

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)”)

Verb

1. (Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
2. (intransitive) 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.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
2. (transitive) Senses relating to watercraft.
3. (intransitive, rare) Senses relating to watercraft.

Verb

To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

Sinonieme

libertine

profligate

scratch

harrow

roue

sweep

scrape

scapegrace

slope

lecher

pitch

scraper

brush

debauchee

skim

slant

graze

playboy

rip

fork

comb

rakehell

shave

bank

🏦

blood

🩸

road-scraper

delve

dig

whisk

skin and bones

scrabble

scan

glance over

satyr

crease

rummage

run down

search

poke

enfilade

inclination

ascent

hoe

philanderer

dissipated

dip

claw

deviation

chase

decline

Vertalings

râteau

rastrillo

Harke

Rechen

hark

rastrello

râteau de jardinier

harken

ancinho

rastrellare

τσουγκράνα

ratisser

aanharken

uitkammen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹeɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: rake

Geërf van Old English: raca

Verwante met Deens: rage

Verwante met Middle Dutch: rāke

Verwante met Nederlands: raak

Verwante met Middle Low German: rāke

Verwante met Old High German: rehho

Verwante met Middle High German: reche

Verwante met Duits: Rechen

Verwante met Old Norse: reka

Verwante met Yslands: reka

Verwante met Old Saxon: recho

Verwante met Sweeds: raka

Geërf van Middle English: raken

Verwante met Middle Dutch: rāken

Verwante met Nederlands: raken

Verwante met Middle Low German: rāken

Geërf van Old English: racu

Verwante met Old English: hrace

Verwante met Yslands: rák

Verwante met Noors: råk

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: råk

Verwante met Sweeds: råk

Verwante met Deens: rag

Verwante met Old Norse: rakr

Verwante met Sweeds: rak

Geërf van Old English: racian

Verwante met Old High German: rahhōn

Verwante met Duits: ragen

Verwante met Middle High German: ragen

Verwante met Middle Dutch: rāgen

Verwante met Middle Low German: rāgen

In summary

From Middle English rake [and other forms], from Old English raca, racu, ræce (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”).
Cognates
The English word is cognate with Danish rage (chiefly regional), Middle Dutch rāke, rēke (modern Dutch raak, reek (both regional), riek (“pitchfork, rake”)), Middle Low German rāke, racke (modern German Low German Raak (“rake; poker”)), Old High German rehho, rech (Middle High German reche, modern German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel”) (modern Icelandic reka (“shovel”)), Old Saxon recho, Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“rake; (long) straight section of a road”)).