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    [Noun]  | "rake" | \ ˈrāk \


    1: an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground

    2: a machine for gathering hay

    3: an implement like a rake

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English racu; akin to Old High German rehho rake;

    [Noun]  | "rake" 


    1: inclination from the perpendicular; especially : the overhang of a ship's bow or stern

    2: inclination from the horizontal : slope

    3: the angle between the top cutting surface of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work

    Origin: circa 1621 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Noun]  | "rake" 


    1: a dissolute person : libertine

    Origin: 1687 ;

     Short for rakehell;

    [Noun]  | "rake-off" | \ ˈrāk-ˌȯf \


    1: a percentage or cut taken (as by an operator)

    Origin: 1887 ;

     Rake off, verb; from the use of a rake by a croupier to collect the operator's profits in a gambling casino;

    [Verb]  | "rake" 


    1: to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake

    2: to gain rapidly or in abundance —usually used with in

    3: to touch in passing over lightly

    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Verb]  | "rake" 


    1: to incline from the perpendicular

    Origin: 1691 ;

    [Verb]  | "rake up" 


    1: to make known or public : uncover

    Origin: 1581 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "rake in" 


    1: to earn or receive (a large amount of money)

    [Phrasal verb]  | "rake over" 


    1: to continue to think or talk about (something that happened in the past)

    [Idiom]  | "rake it in" 


    1: to earn a lot of money

    [Noun]  | "rake" 


    1: a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard;


      * e.g., " ... was often spotted in sordid places that reinforced a reputation as one of the city's most notorious rakes "



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    [Noun]  | "rake" 


    1: the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon;


      * e.g., " ... the floor of the auditorium doesn't have much of a rake, so sightlines for spectators in the rear are not good "



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    [Verb]  | "rake" 


    1: to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something;


      * e.g., " ... he raked repeatedly through his luggage, hoping that in one of the bags he would find his lost passport before his flight's departure "



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    [Verb]  | "rake (in)" 


    1: as in cash in (on);



    [Verb]  | "rake up" 


     [ "rake" ]

    1: a word you can use in substitute for a "hoe" or "whore" or "bitch", if you do not want them to know that you are saying bad things about them.

      * e.g.,  ... Karen is such a rake. lilys a rake. 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: A man who is morally loose, short for "rake-hell". It's an old slang, goes back to Elizabethan times or earlier I think.

      * e.g.,  ... "A new broom sweeps clean, but you can have more fun with an old rake." That one is from an "adult" fortune cookie. 

     [ "rake" ]

    2: There's a series of paintings called "the Rake's Progress", which shows a young man's descent into depravity.

     [ "rake" ]

    1: Back in the day, rake used to mean pimp, player, womanizer, a Rick James sort of person. So it's funny now that we call these women hoes, because rakes and hoes go together in parties and in garden sheds...

      * e.g.,  ... Person One: (seeing a guy with a blonde woman) Didn't he just go out with a redhead yesterday? 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: verb: Baseball slang, an concise way of saying "hits extremely well."

      * e.g.,  ... Albert Pujols can friggin' rake, man. 

     [ "rake" ]

    2: noun: Slang for "a clutch or good piece of hitting"

      * e.g.,  ... Did you see Big Papi's rake to win the game in the bottom of the ninth? 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: In Casino Poker the (small usually) amount that the house takes from the pot.

      * e.g.,  ... The rake over at that place is $1 out of every $20 in the pot. 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: A suspension or structural design to lower one end of the vehicle in relation to the other end.

      * e.g.,  ... Layman's terms use: 

     [ "rake" ]

    2: That's layman's terms for the angle the steering stem/column or fork makes from a vertical line 90 degrees from the ground.

      * e.g.,  ... I like the rake that car has. The front is an inch lower then the rear. Perfect on that car. 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: a male ho (man-whore)

      * e.g.,  ... omg Fred is such a lil rake 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: When one preforming oral sex on a male bites down and pulls away.

      * e.g.,  ... I raked him good. 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: A synonym of hoe.

      * e.g.,  ... That girl is a rake! 

     [ "rake" ]

    2: Also a synonym of slut, skank, bitch, or tramp.

      * e.g.,  ... Stop being such a rake and invite me to your party! 

     [ "rake" ]

    1: to thrash or totally dominate in competition

      * e.g.,  ... I was raken ou there on the basketball court. 

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