noun · rare

rake

rake · rakes

граблі

грабли, уклон, наклон

Rechen, Harke, Schwader, Lebemann

A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting…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.

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/ɹeɪk/

» Tom stepped on the rake.

Том наступил на грабли.

Том наступив на граблі.

Meaning

19 senses

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.
Rechen, Harke, Schwader
гра́блиgrábli
гра́бліhrábli
a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
(broadly)A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
(broadly)A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.
A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
(collective)A group of mules.
The act of raking.
Something that is raked.
A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
(Ireland, Scotland, slang)A lot, plenty.
Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
(Northern England, also, figuratively)A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
(Scotland, UK)A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
Wagenzug
(Scotland)Rate of progress; pace, speed.

Examples

89 sentences

Tom stepped on the rake.
Том наступив на граблі.
ruТом наступил на грабли.
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Tom's duties include raking the leaves.
ruВ обязанности Тома входит сгребать листья.
deEs gehört zu Toms Aufgaben, das Laub zu rechen.
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Tom raked up all the leaves.
ruТом сгрёб все листья.
deTom rechte alle Blätter zusammen.
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Can I buy a rake here?
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How often should your rake leaves?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

garden tool:

Русский

By meaning 2

garden tool:

divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular — see also slant, slope:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

garden tool:

similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by horse or tractor:

set of coupled rail vehicles:

person who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct:

Origin

From Middle English rake [and other forms], from Old English raca, racu, ræce (“tool with

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”).

The verb is partly derived from rake (“tool with a row of pointed teeth”) (see etymology 1) and from Middle English raken (“to rake; to gather by raking; to rake away (debris); to cover with something; (figurative) to conceal, hide; to destroy”) [and other forms], from Old Norse raka (“to scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *raką, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”).

From Middle English rake, rakke (“pass, path, track; type of fencing thrust; pasture land (?)”), and then partly:

The verb is derived from Middle English raken (“to go, proceed; to move quickly, hasten, rush; to roam, wander”) [and other forms], from Old English racian (“to go forward, move, run; to hasten; to take a course or direction; to control, direct, govern, rule”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn (“to take a course or direction; to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to direct oneself”).

The origin of the verb is uncertain. The noun is probably derived from the verb.

The noun is a clipping of rakehell (“(archaic) lewd or wanton person, debauchee, rake”), from to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”).

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