Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of rake is as below...

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..

But :: But (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

Enfilade :: Enfilade (v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops..

Parrakeet :: Parrakeet (n.) Alt. of Parakee.

Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A worker at a furnace or fire.

Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..

Roue :: Roue (n.) One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

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

Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.

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

Rake-vein :: Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a mineral vein..

Rakehelly :: Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.

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..

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

Sarculation :: Sarculation (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) 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..

Random Fonts

Most Popular