RAKE

vi to walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

2. rake ·vi to pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

3. rake ·vi to act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

4. rake ·vi to incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

5. rake ·vt to scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.

6. rake ·noun a toothed machine drawn by a horse, — used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

7. rake ·vt to search through; to scour; to ransack.

8. rake ·vt to collect with a rake; as, to rake hay;

— often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

9. rake ·noun a fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so;

— called also rake-vein.

10. rake ·noun the inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, ·etc.

11. rake ·vi to use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

12. rake ·noun the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

13. rake ·noun a loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.

14. rake ·vt to pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.

15. rake ·vt to enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.

xvi. rake ·vt to collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

xvii. rake ·noun an implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, — used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.