rake

A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.

A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.

A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.

A group of mules.

The act of raking.

A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.

IrelandScotlandslangA lot, plenty.

Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.

A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.

A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.

ScotlandUKA series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.

Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”).

ScotlandRate of progress; pace, speed.

A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.

In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).

The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.

A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.

A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.

The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.

A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.

She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.

Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.

The casino is just raking in the cash; it’s like a licence to print money.

Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.

To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.

The cat’s sharp claws raked the side of my face.

Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.

To search through (thoroughly).

To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.

The enemy machine guns raked the roadway.

To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.

ScotlandTo move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.

Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.

To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.

A mast rakes aft.

To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).

rareOf a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.

Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)

datedrareTo behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.