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Another word for rake

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rake

n.

A debauched person
lecher, rouÃ©, libertine, playboy, profligate, sensualist, seducer, philanderer, womanizer, gigolo, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario; see also rascal.
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;

rake Synonyms

rake

v.

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.
To sweep with gunfire
strafe, machine-gun, blister; see shoot 1.

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Another word for rake

noun

An immoral or licentious person:

libertine, profligate, wanton. See sex

verb

To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal:

cant¹, heel², incline, lean¹, list², slant, slope, tilt, tip². See straight

noun

Deviation from a particular direction:

cant¹, grade, gradient, heel², inclination, incline, lean¹, list², slant, slope, tilt, tip². See rise, straight

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I remember seeing some pictures of Granddad on an old rake like that.
Little can be done in the flower garden, except to clean off all dead stalks, and straw up tender roses, vines, &c., and, wherever there is time, to dig up and rake the borders, as it will greatly facilitate spring work.
The islands were uninhabited when, about'678, the Bermudians began to visit them to rake the salt found in the ponds.
There now, I like your Denisov though he is a rake and all that, still I like him; so you see I do understand.
The mud rake for mixing mortar is rather narrower than the modern form.

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