Rakes Meaning

There are 9 meaning(s) for word Rakes

Meaning 1 : examine hastily

    Synonyms : glance over,  run down,  scan,  skim
Meaning 2 : a dissolute man in fashionable society

    Synonyms : blood,  profligate,  rakehell,  rip,  roue
Meaning 3 : scrape gently

    Synonyms : crease,  graze
Meaning 4 : degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

    Synonyms : pitch,  slant
Meaning 5 : a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

Meaning 6 : gather with a rake

    Example : rake leaves

Meaning 7 : level or smooth with a rake

    Example : rake gravel

Meaning 8 : move through with or as if with a rake

    Example : She raked her fingers through her hair

Meaning 9 : sweep the length of

    Example : The gunfire raked the coast