an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.
an implement similar to a rake used for other purposes, e.g. by a croupier drawing in money at a gaming table.
[in singular] an act of raking:giving the lawn a rake
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Universal
1draw together with a rake or similar implement:they started raking up hay
make (ground) smooth with a rake:I sometimes rake over the allotment
2scratch or scrape (something, especially a person’s flesh) with a long sweeping movement:her fingers raked Bill’s face
[with object and adverbial of direction] draw or drag (something) through something with a sweeping movement:she raked a comb through her hair
sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light:the road was raked with machine-gun fire
[no object, with adverbial of direction] move across something with a long sweeping movement:his icy gaze raked mercilessly over Lissa’s slender figure
[no object, with adverbial] search or rummage through something:he raked through his pockets and brought out a five-pound note
rake and scrape
black English be extremely thrifty; scrimp and save.
rake over (old) coals (or rake over the ashes)
chiefly British revive the memory of an incident which is best forgotten:no point in raking over old coals, opening old sores
(as) thin as a rake
(of a person) very thin:in spite of all this food I remained as thin as a rake
rake something in
informal make a lot of money:the shop’s raking it in now
rake something up/over
revive the memory of an incident or period that is best forgotten:I have no desire to rake over the past
