rake
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
• Syn:
rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
• Derivationally related forms:
profligate (for: profligate)
• Hypernyms:
libertine, debauchee, rounder
2. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the roof had a steep pitch
• Syn:
pitch, slant
• Derivationally related forms:
slant (for: slant), pitch (for: pitch)
• Hypernyms:
gradient, slope
• Hyponyms:
loft
3. a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head;
used to move leaves or loosen soil
• Hypernyms:
tool
• Hyponyms:
croupier's rake, garden rake
• Part Meronyms:
rake handle
1. move through with or as if with a rake (Freq. 1)
- She raked her fingers through her hair
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. level or smooth with a rake (Freq. 1)
- rake gravel
• Hypernyms:
smooth, smoothen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. sweep the length of
- The gunfire raked the coast
• Hypernyms:
sweep
• Hyponyms:
enfilade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. examine hastily
- She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
• Syn:
scan, skim, glance over, run down
• Derivationally related forms:
skim (for: skim), skimming (for: skim)
• Hypernyms:
examine, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. gather with a rake
- rake leaves
• See Also:
rake off, rake in
• Hypernyms:
gather, garner, collect, pull together
• Entailment:
scrape, grate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. scrape gently
- graze the skin
• Syn:
graze, crease
• Derivationally related forms:
graze (for: graze), grazing (for: graze)
• Hypernyms:
brush
• Hyponyms:
shave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
|
|
