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Meanings of rake in English

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Angle of slope.

        Catalan
        dissolut
        Spanish
        caracter libertino

        A dissolute man in fashionable society.

              Related terms
              dissolut
              Catalan
              pendent
              Spanish
              inclinación

              Concept in structural geology.

                    Related terms
                    pendent
                    Catalan
                    furgar
                    Spanish
                    explorar

                    Examine hastily.

                          furgar
                          Usage of rake in English
                          1
                          You know he used to be quite a rake in his day.
                          Crossings
                          2
                          Price, Weber help Canadiens rake Leafs MONTREAL -A healthy Carey Price.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          This is a rake's progress that cannot be sustained for much longer.
                          The Guardian
                          4
                          A family beckoned and taught me how to use the rake myself.
                          BBC
                          5
                          So what exactly did Kim do to rake in some serious dough?
                          Wired
                          6
                          The rake, I mean; lives a mile or two out of Sydney.
                          It Is Never Too Late to Mend
                          7
                          Is he going to buy a rake of new hats and overcoats?
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          As the rake travelled over the gravel a regular, strident sound arose.
                          A Love Episode
                          9
                          You know, you could be quite a rake too, if you tried.
                          Crossings
                          10
                          In 1857 Magnus and I bought a Seymour & Morgan hand-rake reaper.
                          Vandemark's Folly
                          11
                          With the rake he heaped together the brittle filaments of burned hay.
                          Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
                          12
                          The less said about poodles the better; why rake up the past?
                          The Sunny Side
                          13
                          A little judicious urging with the rake and she was within reach.
                          More Jonathan Papers
                          14
                          The tears flowed with every rake, and so did the fervent execrations.
                          The Innocents Abroad
                          15
                          And maybe 15 seconds with a rake pick and a tension wrench.
                          Wired
                          16
                          It seems a useless thing for us to rake up the past.
                          Molly Brown's Orchard Home
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                          Translations for rake
                          Rake through the time
                          Rake across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common