rake

Meanings

• a dissolute man in fashionable society
• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
• move through with or as if with a rake
  • "She raked her fingers through her hair"
• level or smooth with a rake
  • "rake gravel"
• sweep the length of
  • "The gunfire raked the coast"
• examine hastily
• gather with a rake
  • "rake leaves"
• scrape gently

Synonyms

blood, crease, glance over, graze, pitch, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue, run down, scan, skim, slant