rake

1. 1.

   a dissolute man in fashionable society

   Synonymsrakehellprofligateripbloodroue

   Broaderlibertine
2. 2.

   degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

   “the roof had a steep pitch”

   Synonymspitchslant

   Broadergradient

   Narrowerloft
3. 3.

   a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

   Broadertool

   Narrowercroupier's rakegarden rake

   Partsrake handle

Other forms of rake

plural

rakes·

past tense

raked·

present participle

raking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rake

What does rake mean?

rake means "move through with or as if with a rake". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rake?

rake has 1 syllable: rake. In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪk/.

What is another word for rake?

Close synonyms include scan, skim, glance over, run down, graze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rake a common word?

rake is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.