to rake
14
3.9
- verb
- /reɪk/
:
pasar (la mano) por
- The janitor, Mr. Fountain, rakes leaves into a ring of small piles.
- raked her hand across
- raked his fingers
- raked through the rubble
Examples
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With flickering movements, his feet raked the earth, creating grooved patterns.
Fiction book (2000) -
I was just about to rake the leaves off the dichondra first.
Fiction book (1997) -
The orderly reaches to rake another dollar into his pile.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her fingers twitch as she rakes through its contents.
Fiction book (1996) -
In those areas, the floor is blackened by the ash and charcoal raked out from the fires.
Academic text (2006) -
After the storm, we had to go outside and rake the leaves that had fallen all over the yard.
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The children enjoyed playing in the pile of leaves that we had raked into a big mound.
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She decided to rake the garden to prepare the soil for planting flowers in the spring.
Synonyms
21
3.7
To travel back and forth across an area in different directions
1
3.7
To move something gently over a surface
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Carefully examine and discuss a topic, often when it is difficult or unpleasant
- Informal
Remember past events on purpose, often ones you would rather forget
Compounds
1
1.7
A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rake (verb: move through) comes from the image of pulling or sweeping across something, so to rake through a pile or someone's hair is to make a broad, dragging motion that searches or moves things along.