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rake1
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verb
1‘another man was raking the clippings into a sack’
SYNONYMS
scrape together, scrape up, collect, gather
2‘she raked the gravel meticulously’
SYNONYMS
smooth, smooth out, level, even out, flatten, comb
3‘the cat raked his face with its claws’
SYNONYMS
scratch, lacerate, scrape, rasp, graze, abrade, grate, bark
technical excoriate
4‘she raked a hand through her hair’
SYNONYMS
drag, pull, scrape, draw, tug
5‘Dempster raked through his pockets’
SYNONYMS
rummage, search, hunt, sift, rifle
ransack, comb, turn upside down, scour, go through with a fine-tooth comb
6‘machine-gun fire raked the streets’
SYNONYMS
sweep, enfilade, pepper, strafe
archaic cannonade, fusillade
7‘her eyes raked the room’
SYNONYMS
search, scan, look around, look over, look round, survey, study, inspect, scour, scrutinize, examine, explore
North American informal scope
rake2
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noun
1‘the third earl had the reputation of being something of a rake’
SYNONYMS
playboy, libertine, profligate
degenerate, roué, debauchee, dissolute man, loose-liver
lecher, seducer, ladies' man, womanizer, philanderer, adulterer, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova
informal stud, player, playa, skirt-chaser, ladykiller, wolf
informal, dated gay dog
archaic rakehell, gallant, rip, blood
Phrases
- rake something up
‘I was afraid that someone had raked up the past’
SYNONYMS
remind people of, revive the memory of, recollect, remember, call to mind
drag up, dredge up, speak out about
‘the movie raked in over $300 million’
SYNONYMS
earn, make, get, gain, get paid, obtain, acquire, accumulate, bring in, gather in, pull in, haul in, pocket, realize, make a profit of, fetch, return, yield, raise, clear, net, gross
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