Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of rake is as below...

Raking :: Raking (n.) The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

Rake :: Rake (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel..

Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck..

Rake :: 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..

Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..

Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..

Roue :: Roue (n.) One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

Water Crake :: Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia..

Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..

Drank :: Drank (n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Ringstraked :: Ringstraked (a.) Ring-streaked.

Crake :: Crake (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake..

Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.

Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..

Libertine :: Libertine (n.) One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee..

Hayrake :: Hayrake (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses..

Random Fonts

Most Popular