Definition of rake

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Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..

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Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A worker at a furnace or fire.
Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Paroquet :: Paroquet (n.) Same as Parrakeet.
Sheldfowl :: Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.
Strake :: Strake (n.) A streak.
Ringstraked :: Ringstraked (a.) Ring-streaked.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
Water Crake :: Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Rake :: Rake (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue..
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery dragon.
Earthdrake :: Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of the American mergansers.
Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
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