rake

Pronunciation

• (US) (UK) IPA ^(key): /reɪk/

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Noun

Singular rake

Plural rakes

A rake.

1. (countable) A rake is a garden tool used to gather leaves, grass clippings, and other garden debris.

   He mowed the grass, then used a rake to gather the clippings.

2. (countable) A rake is someone (usually a man) who has little regard for morals, especially sexual morals.
   • Synonym: libertine

   Don Juan was a rake.

   Hogarth made a group of pictures called "The Rake's Progress".

Verb

Plain form rake

Third-person singular rakes

Past tense raked

Past participle raked

Present participle raking

1. If you rake something, you use a rake on something, such as leaves, in order to loosen or gather them together.

   We raked all the leaves into a pile.