RAKE


Meaning of RAKE in English

I . n.

Libertine, debauchee, man of pleasure roué .

II . v. a.

1.

Gather, collect, draw together, heap together, gather together, scrape together, ~ up, heap up, scrape over.

2.

Scour, search closely, ransack.

3.

Enfilade.

III . v. n.

1.

Search, grope, scrape, scratch in order to find.

2.

( Naut. ) Incline from a perpendicular ( as a mast ).

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.