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Rake \Rake\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. raka to reach, and E. reach.]
   To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction;
   as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially
   (Naut.), the inclination of a mast or tunnel, or, in general,
   of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

Rake \Rake\, v. i.
   To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes
   aft.

   {Raking course} (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid
      diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to
      strengthen.

Rake \Rake\, n. [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering,
   unsettled, reika to wander.]
   A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to
   lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou['e].

         An illiterate and frivolous old rake.    --Macaulay.

Rake \Rake\, n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG,
   rehho, G. rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to
   heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. ? to stretch out, and E.
   rack to stretch. Cf. {Reckon}.]
   1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a
      long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting
      hay, or other light things which are spread over a large
      surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

   2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting
      hay or grain; a horserake.

   3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral
      vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; --
      called also {rake-vein}.

   {Gill rakes}. (Anat.) See under 1st {Gill}.

Rake \Rake\, v. i.
   1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to
      scrape; to search minutely.

            One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

            Pas could not stay, but over him did rake. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

Rake \Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Raking}.] [AS. racian. See 1st {Rake}.]
   1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;
      as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

   2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious
      industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;
      as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous
      tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

   3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for
      the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or
      for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a
      flower bed.

   4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.

            The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
                                                  --Swift.

   5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and
      lightly, as a rake does.

            Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length
      of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the
      stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of
      the deck.

   {To rake up}.
      (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and
          cover with ashes.
      (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again;
          as, to rake up old scandals.

Rake \Rake\, v. i.
   1. [Icel. reika. Cf. {Rake} a debauchee.] To walk about; to
      gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]

   2. [See {Rake} a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a
      dissolute, debauched life. --Shenstone.

   {To rake out} (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its
      master while hovering above waiting till the game is
      sprung; -- said of the hawk. --Encyc. Brit.

资料来源 : WordNet®

rake
     n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: {profligate}, {rip},
           {blood}, {roue}]
     2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a
        steep pitch" [syn: {pitch}, {slant}]
     3: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to
        move leaves or loosen soil

rake
     v 1: move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her
          fingers through her hair"
     2: level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
     3: sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"
     4: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
        waiting for the taxi" [syn: {scan}, {skim}, {glance over},
         {run down}]
     5: gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
     6: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: {graze}, {crease}]