rake

CEFRB1

/ɹeɪk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle.

  2. 02

    verb

    To gather leaves or smooth soil with a rake.

Examples

  • Rake the leaves into piles and we'll burn them.

  • Tom wanted to help Mary rake the leaves, but she was using the only rake.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes., A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.

  2. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

  3. A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

More examples

In context

  • Rake the leaves in the backyard.

  • She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.

  • The casino is just raking in the cash; it’s like a licence to print money.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English rake [and other forms], from Old English raca, racu, ræce (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Danish rage (chiefly regional), Middle Dutch rāke, rēke (modern Dutch raak, reek (both regional), riek (“pitchfork, rake”)), Middle Low German rāke, racke (modern German Low German Raak (“rake; poker”)), Old High German rehho, rech (Middle High German reche, modern German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel”) (modern Icelandic reka (“shovel”)), Old Saxon recho, Old Swedish raka (mod...