Rake

  • 41rake — v. (D; tr.) to rake into (to rake hay into piles) * * * [reɪk] (D; tr.) to rake into (to rake hay into piles) …

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  • 42RAKE — f1 Rossendorfer Anordnung für kritische Experimente …

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  • 43rake — 1. noun /ɹeɪk/ a) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil. Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car. b) a lot, plenty. The train was formed of a locomotive …

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  • 44rake — I verb 1) he raked the leaves into a pile Syn: scrape up, collect, gather 2) she raked the gravel Syn: smooth, smooth out, level, even out, flatten, comb 3) the cat raked his arm with …

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  • 45rake —    One of the instant nicknames which children bestow on a tall thin person. See also spindleshanks.    The phrase ‘as thin as a rake’ has been in use since the fourteenth century. In older texts ‘rake’ may occur vocatively in the sense of… …

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  • 46rake in — verb a) to collect something such as leaves into a pile, often with a rake b) to receive or to collect a large quantity of (something, especially money) See Also: rake it in …

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  • 47rake — verb Rake is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑claw, ↑eye Rake is used with these nouns as the object: ↑leaf, ↑yard …

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  • 48rake — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, aim at, angularity, ascend, backset, bank, barrage, be promiscuous, beat, blast, blitz, bombard, bounder, bring up, cad, cannon, cannonade, cant, card, careen, chase women, clear, climb,… …

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  • 49rake in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake in : present tense I/you/we/they rake in he/she/it rakes in present participle raking in past tense raked in past participle raked in informal to earn a lot of money be raking it in: A lot of computer… …

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  • 50rake up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake up : present tense I/you/we/they rake up he/she/it rakes up present participle raking up past tense raked up past participle raked up informal to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and …

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