Anagram Solver

Definitions for Raking

[1] an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
[2] any of various implements having a similar form, as a croupier's implement for gathering in money on a gaming table.
[3] to gather, draw, or remove with a rake: to rake dead leaves from a lawn.
[4] to clear, smooth, or prepare with a rake: to rake a garden bed.
[5] to clear (a fire, embers, etc.) by stirring with a poker or the like.
[6] to gather or collect abundantly (usually followed by in ): He marketed his invention and has been raking in money ever since.
[7] to bring to light, usually for discreditable reasons (usually followed by up ): to rake up an old scandal.
[8] to search thoroughly through: They raked the apartment for the missing jewels.
[9] to scrape; scratch: The sword's tip raked his face lightly.
[10] to scoop out (a masonry joint) to a given depth while the mortar is still green.
[11] to fire guns along the length of (a position, body of troops, ship, etc.).
[12] to sweep with the eyes: He raked the horizon with his gaze.
[13] to use a rake: The gardener raked along the border of the garden.
[14] to search, as with a rake: His gaze raked over the room.
[15] to scrape; search: She frantically raked through her belongings.
[16] rake over the coals . coal(def 8) .
[17] to incline from the vertical, as a mast, or from the horizontal.
[18] to cause (something) to incline from the vertical or the horizontal.
[19] inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
[20] a board or molding placed along the sloping sides of a frame gable to cover the ends of the siding.
[21] Aeronautics . the angle measured between the tip edge of an aircraft or missile wing or other lifting surface and the plane of symmetry.
[22] Machinery . the angle between the cutting face of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work at the cutting point.
[23] Hunting . (of a hawk) to fly after game. (of a dog) to hunt with the nose close to the ground instead of in the wind.
[24] Chiefly Scot. to go or proceed, especially with speed.
[25] rugby the offence committed when a player deliberately scrapes an opponent's leg, arm, etc, with the studs of his or her boots
[26] a hand implement consisting of a row of teeth set in a headpiece attached to a long shaft and used for gathering hay, straw, leaves, etc, or for smoothing loose earth
[27] any of several mechanical farm implements equipped with rows of teeth or rotating wheels mounted with tines and used to gather hay, straw, etc
[28] any of various implements similar in shape or function, such as a tool for drawing out ashes from a furnace
[29] the act of raking
[30] NZ a line of wagons coupled together as one unit, used on railways
[31] to scrape, gather, or remove (leaves, refuse, etc) with or as if with a rake
[32] to level or prepare (a surface, such as a flower bed) with a rake or similar implement
[33] (tr sometimes foll by out ) to clear (ashes, clinker, etc) from (a fire or furnace)
[34] (tr ; foll by up or together) to gather (items or people) with difficulty, as from a scattered area or limited supply
[35] (tr ; often foll by through, over etc ) to search or examine carefully
[36] (when intr , foll by against, along etc ) to scrape or graze the ship raked the side of the quay
[37] (tr) to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target) machine-guns raked the column
[38] (tr) to sweep (one's eyes) along the length of (something); scan
[39] a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué
[40] to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern
[41] (tr) to construct with a backward slope
[42] the degree to which an object, such as a ship's mast, inclines from the perpendicular, esp towards the stern
[43] theatre the slope of a stage from the back towards the footlights
[44] aeronautics the angle between the wings of an aircraft and the line of symmetry of the aircraft the angle between the line joining the centroids of the section of a propeller blade and a line perpendicular to the axis
[45] the angle between the working face of a cutting tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece
[46] a slanting ledge running across a crag in the Lake District
[47] (of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground
[48] (of hawks) to pursue quarry in full flight (often foll by away) to fly wide of the quarry, esp beyond the control of the falconer

Words related to Raking

rakecomb, scour, scrape, rummage, search, hunt, grub, scrutinize, scan, grade, scratch, clear, gather, smooth, sweep, remove, collect, graze, ransack, rasp

Words nearby Raking

rakerajkot, rajput, rajputana, rajya sabha, rakata, rake, rake in, rake off, rake over the coals, rake up, rake's progress, the

Origin of Raking

e4before 1000; Middle English raken to go, hasten, Old English racian

Other words from Raking

rak·a·ble , rake·a·ble , adjective
rak·er , noun

Word origin for Raking

eOld English racian to go forward, of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Raking

comb, scour, scrape, clear, collect, enfilade, examine, gather, grade, graze, grub, harrow, hunt, ransack, rasp, remove, rummage, scan, scratch, scrutinize, search, smooth, sweep, weed, break up, clean up, clear up, fine-comb, fine-tooth-comb