Definition of rake

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Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..

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Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.
Goosander :: Goosander (n.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser..
Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
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..
Racle :: Racle (a.) See Rakel.
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A worker at a furnace or fire.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Skeldrake :: Skeldrake (n.) Alt. of Skieldrak.
But :: But (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of the American mergansers.
Streak :: Streak (n.) A strake.
Rake :: Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
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