Dictionary entry details
• RAKE (noun)
Meaning:
A dissolute man in fashionable society
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
roue; rip; rakehell; rake; profligate; blood
Hypernyms ("rake" is a kind of...):
debauchee; libertine; rounder (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)
Meaning:
Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
rake; slant; pitch
Context example:
the roof had a steep pitch
Hypernyms ("rake" is a kind of...):
gradient; slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal)
Meaning:
A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rake" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Meronyms (parts of "rake"):
rake handle (the handle of a rake)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rake"):
croupier's rake (a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table)
garden rake (a rake used by gardeners)
• RAKE (verb)
Meaning:
Move through with or as if with a rake
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
She raked her fingers through her hair
Hypernyms (to "rake" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Level or smooth with a rake
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
rake gravel
Hypernyms (to "rake" is one way to...):
smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Sweep the length of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The gunfire raked the coast
Hypernyms (to "rake" is one way to...):
sweep (cover the entire range of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rake"):
enfilade (rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Examine hastily
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
glance over; scan; skim; rake; run down
Context example:
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
Hypernyms (to "rake" is one way to...):
examine; see (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Gather with a rake
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
rake leaves
Hypernyms (to "rake" is one way to...):
collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)
"Rake" entails doing...:
grate; scrape (scratch repeatedly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
rake in (earn large sums of money)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
Meaning:
Scrape gently
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
crease; graze; rake
Context example:
graze the skin
Hypernyms (to "rake" is one way to...):
brush (touch lightly and briefly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rake"):
shave (touch the surface of lightly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
