rake
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- noun
- /reɪk/
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- I spent the afternoon using a rake to collect leaves from the yard.
- hand rake
First one is a reindeer with garden rake for antlers.
- First one is a reindeer with garden rake for antlers.
- So bolt cutters, box blade, biotone, shovels, Rakes, so on.
- It's lifting, carrying grain, stirring with large Rakes.
- So I just like flick that one in the trees, like not with my hands with like a rake.
Examples
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In the 1800s, workers using tongs or rakes in skiffs harvested most market oysters from planters' beds.
Academic text (1990) -
Some hard clams were gathered with tongs and short-handle rakes, and in summer, by barefoot treaders.
Academic text (1990) -
MAN 1: Take your rake with you.
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Honey give me that rake.
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I do think I'm going to grab a rake and a level.
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Why don't you get your rake and help me?
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After he left, she picked up her rake and poked it around in the leaves.
Fiction book (1990) -
A few garden tools and rakes are neatly hung up along the wall.
Fiction book (1993) -
The electricity hummed, and the leaves went whoosh as the rake scraped along the hard ground.
Fiction book (1990) -
"The janitor was holding a short-handled rake and raking up dry pine needles into a rubber basket."
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A tool used to work in a garden, like a spade or rake
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A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil
A garden tool with many close teeth for gathering leaves and small debris
A small hand tool with short teeth for loosening soil and gathering leaves
A tool for keeping a lawn tidy, like a mower or rake
Idioms
Compounds
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A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil
How Big
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Rake (tool) comes from an old word meaning 'to scrape' or 'drag', which fits the tool's row of teeth as you pull it across the ground to gather leaves or loosen soil.