RAKE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English racu; akin to Old High German rehho ~ Date: before 12th century 1. an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground, a machine for gathering hay, an implement like a ~, II. transitive verb (~d; raking) Date: 13th century to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a ~ , to gain rapidly or in abundance, 3. to touch in passing over lightly, scratch , scrape , to censure severely, to search through ; ransack , to sweep the length of especially with gunfire ; enfilade , to glance over rapidly, ~r noun III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1626 inclination from the perpendicular, inclination from the horizontal ; slope , the angle between the top cutting surface of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work, IV. intransitive verb (~d; raking) Date: 1691 to incline from the perpendicular, V. noun Etymology: short for ~hell Date: 1653 a dissolute person ; libertine