Synonyms for rake

noun

1. A debauched person

   lecher, roué, libertine, playboy, profligate, sensualist, seducer, philanderer, womanizer, gigolo, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario; see also rascal.

2. A pronged implement

   Types of rakes include: refuse, clam, lawn, garden, York (trademark), gleaning, moss, hay, buck, stubble, weeding, oyster, horse, revolving, sweep, dump, side-delivery; leaf sweeper;

verb

1. To use a rake

   clear up, collect, scratch, gather, scrape, scrape together, clean up, furrow, comb, weed, clear, grade, level, smooth; see also clean, smooth 1, sweep.

2. To sweep with gunfire

   strafe, machine-gun, blister; see shoot 1.