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Definition of rake

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Rake (v. t.) 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..

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Windrow :: Windrow (n.) A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.

Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..

Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Racle :: Racle (a.) See Rakel.

Sheldfowl :: Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.

Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.

Craker :: Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.

Mandragora :: Mandragora (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

Corncrake :: Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..

Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..

Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.

Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.