Definizione monolingua

rake

rake (third-person singular simple present rakes, present participle raking, simple past and past participle raked)

1. To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.

   We raked all the leaves into a pile

2. To search thoroughly.

   Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine

3. To spray with gunfire.

   the enemy machine guns raked the roadway

4. To claw at; to scratch.

   Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.

5. To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)

   The casino is just raking in the cash; its like a license to print money.

rake (plural rakes)

1. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
2. (Ireland, slang) a lot, plenty.

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

3. (geology) the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
4. (roofing) the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
5. (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

6. (cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

rake

1. The inflected form^FAQ of raak.

Definizione dizionario rake

	rastrello
	garden tool

	rastrellare
	use a rake on

attizzare

debosciato

grattare

inclinazione

libertino

pendenza

raschiare

Altri significati:

To search thoroughly.

(roofing) the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.

To claw at; to scratch.

To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.

spray with gunfire

(provincial, Northern England) a course; direction; stretch.

(to) rake

(provincial, Northern England) To run or rove.

a man habituated to immoral conduct

(rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

search thoroughly

(intransitive) To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.

(geology) the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured '''within''' the fault plane.

(cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

(obsolete, transitive) To guide; to direct

A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.

A man habituated to immoral conduct.

(provincial, Northern England, for animals) a range, stray.

To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)

To spray with gunfire.

(Irish, slang) a lot, plenty.