rake
Toothed garden tool
A rake is an instrument with prongs, used in gardening and to gather leaves.
To rake is to use such an instrument.
The verb can be used of other things that drag across a surface like a rake: The bear’s claws raked across the tree.
A different verb rake means to deviate from vertical, so a steeply raked windshield is one at a low angle.
A different noun rake is somewhat old-fashioned or literary and denotes a man who lives for pleasure and disregards others.
Fork's pointed projections
- prongsSharp projecting points
- handlePart for gripping
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- lawnTended yard grass
yardwork · hoe · spade · trowel · cultivator · weeding · horticulture · landscaping
One lacking moral restraint
- debaucheeOne given to excess
- cadDishonorable man
- lotharioHabitual seducer of women
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
philanderer · playboy · roué · dissolute · rakehell · charmer · seducer · dandy
Frequency of sound
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- inclineAngled rising surface
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- gradientRate of change across space
slant · lean · stage · theater · seating · auditorium · sightline · recline
Dried feed crop
- haymakingCuring grass for storage
- windrowRow of cut crop
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
- strawTube for sipping
gathering · tedder · pitchfork · thatch · glean · collect · spread · turn
Toothed grooming implement
- scourClean by hard rubbing
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- scanBrief visual sweep
- ransackPlunder while destroying
hunt · rummage · sift · examine · scrutinize · investigate · probe · canvass
tines
Fork's pointed projections
lawn · yardwork · hoe · spade · trowel · cultivator · weeding · horticulture · landscaping · dethatching
libertine
One lacking moral restraint
profligate · philanderer · playboy · roué · dissolute · rakehell · charmer · seducer · dandy · scoundrel
pitch
Frequency of sound
gradient · slant · lean · stage · theater · seating · auditorium · sightline · recline · setback
hay
Dried feed crop
straw · gathering · tedder · pitchfork · thatch · glean · collect · spread · turn · drying
comb
Toothed grooming implement
ransack · hunt · rummage · sift · examine · scrutinize · investigate · probe · canvass · forage
strafe
shoot from above
machinegun · pepper · riddle · burst · volley · automatic · crossfire · suppression
comb
Toothed grooming implement
spread · level · sand · gravel · zen garden · bunker · golf · groundskeeper · pattern · evenness
- gardenbed, seeds, bloom, blossom, compost
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- farm toolspitchfork, hoe, shovel, plow, scythe
- farmsteadfarmhouse, barn cat, farm cat, farm dog, farmyard
- garden suppliesplanters, hoe, shovel, pots, trowels
- raking leavesCollecting fallen foliage
- rake inEarn abundantly
- rake upGather with tines
- rake it inEarn abundantly
- raked over the coalsSeverely reprimanded or criticized
- rake over the coalsHarshly rebuke someone thoroughly
rakish, rakes, raking, raked, rakishly, raker, unraked, rakers, rakishness