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How to pronounce rake in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms glance over, run down, scan, skim
Type of see, examine
Type Words
Synonyms blood, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue
Type of debauchee, libertine, rounder
Type Words
Synonyms crease, graze
Type of brush
Has types shave
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Synonyms pitch, slant
Type of slope, gradient
Has types loft
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Type of tool
Has types croupier's rake, garden rake
Type Words
Type of collect, garner, gather, pull together


rake leaves.
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Type of smoothen, smooth


rake gravel.
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Type of displace, move


She raked her fingers through her hair.
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Type of sweep
Has types enfilade


The gunfire raked the coast.

Examples of rake

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When the second installment opens next summer, it's likely to rake in even more.
From the forbes.com
The mayor and council majority rake in about $100,000 a year for part-time work.
From the thenewstribune.com
Next rake the lawn with the leaf rake to draw up a fibrous tangle called thatch.
From the nzherald.co.nz
To improve curb appeal, homeowners need to rake, mow, pull weeds, plant flowers.
From the al.com
At planting, rake the mulch back and plant the tree as you would in native soil.
From the chron.com
Residents will be asked to rake leftover leaves that were missed late last year.
From the jsonline.com
Rake your lawn to get rid of dead growth, stray leaves, twigs and winter debris.
From the lohud.com
Dig over the ground, get rid of weeds and rake the tilth so the surface is even.
From the independent.co.uk
They mow lawns, rake leaves, shovel snow, clean out garages, do basic carpentry.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • A dissolute man in fashionable society
  • Move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
  • Level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
  • Pitch: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
  • A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
  • Sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"
  • A rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called fingers, that is, several correlators each assigned to a different multipath component. ...
  • Bicycle and motorcycle geometry is the collection of key measurements (lengths and angles) that define a particular bike configuration. Primary among these are wheelbase, steering axis angle, fork offset, and trail. These parameters have a major influence on how a bike handles.
  • Rake was an art rock/noise rock musical ensemble from Northern Virginia (near Washington, DC), founded in 1989. ...