rake

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

râteau

rastrillo

Harke

Rechen

hark

rastrello

râteau de jardinier

harken

ancinho

rastrellare

τσουγκράνα

ratisser

aanharken

uitkammen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rake

Inherited from Old English: raca

Cognate with Danish: rage

Cognate with Middle Dutch: rāke

Cognate with Dutch: raak

Cognate with Middle Low German: rāke

Cognate with Old High German: rehho

Cognate with Middle High German: reche

Cognate with German: Rechen

Cognate with Old Norse: reka

Cognate with Icelandic: reka

Cognate with Old Saxon: recho

Cognate with Swedish: raka

Inherited from Middle English: raken

Cognate with Middle Dutch: rāken

Cognate with Dutch: raken

Cognate with Middle Low German: rāken

Inherited from Old English: racu

Cognate with Old English: hrace

Cognate with Icelandic: rák

Cognate with Norwegian: råk

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: råk

Cognate with Swedish: råk

Cognate with Danish: rag

Cognate with Old Norse: rakr

Cognate with Swedish: rak

Inherited from Old English: racian

Cognate with Old High German: rahhōn

Cognate with German: ragen

Cognate with Middle High German: ragen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: rāgen

Cognate with 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”)).