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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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