rake

rake1 [ reık ] noun count

1. ) a tool for making soil level and removing leaves from the ground, consisting of a long handle with sharp separated points on one end that the dirt, etc. is caught in

2. ) OLD-FASHIONED a man who behaves in an immoral way, for example by having sexual relationships with a lot of women

3. ) TECHNICAL the degree of slope in a surface

rake

rake 2 [ reık ] verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to use a rake to make an area of soil level or to remove leaves from the ground

2. ) transitive to pull your fingers through or along something, for example your hair or skin:

She sat down, nervously raking her fingers through her hair.

3. ) transitive to fire a gun across a wide area:

Passing vehicles were raked with machine-gun fire.

4. ) transitive to use a tool to separate the pieces of burning coal or wood in a fire

=> COAL

,rake `in phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

to earn a lot of money:

be raking it in: A lot of computer engineers nowadays are raking it in.

,rake `off phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

to take a part of the profits from something, especially in an unfair or dishonest way

,rake `over phrasal verb transitive BRITISH

rake over something to continue to talk about something unpleasant that other people no longer want to talk or think about

,rake `up phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people do not want to talk about:

Reporters are always raking up scandalous stories.