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• noun
  1. A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
  2. The movement of animals while grazing.
  3. The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
  4. A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
  5. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
  6. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
  7. The act of raking.
  8. Something that is raked.
  9. A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
  10. A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
  11. (originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
  12. (systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
  13. Rate of progress; pace, speed.
  14. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
  15. (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
  16. The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
  17. Senses relating to watercraft.
  18. (roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
  19. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
• verb
  1. To walk; to roam, to wander.
  2. Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
  3. To roam or wander through (somewhere).
  4. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
  5. To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
  6. Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
  7. To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
  8. Senses relating to watercraft.
  9. To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

• Rakes were used to gather leaves in the autumn.
• The gardener prefers using rakes to maintain the flower beds.
• He spent the afternoon clearing the garden with his assortment of rakes.
• Rakes of various sizes and shapes were neatly arranged in the shed.
• During the cleanup, we found several old rakes tucked away in the corner of the garage.

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