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Word: rake
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
- A man habituated to immoral conduct.
- cellular automata A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- Geology the direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured ''within'' the fault plane.
- idiomatic a lot, plenty.
- rail transport a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- roofing the sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
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Verb:
- intransitive To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
- transitive To guide; to direct
- rfv-sense nautical jut out (ship?s bow or stern above keel)
- To claw at; to scratch.
- To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
- To search thoroughly.
- To spray with gunfire.
- To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.
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