Main Entry: ²rake

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): raked; rak·ing

Date: 13th century

1 : to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake <rake leaves into a pile>
2 : to gain rapidly or in abundance —usually used with in <rake in a fortune>
3 a : to touch in passing over lightly b : scratch, scrape
4 : to censure severely
5 : to search through : ransack
6 : to sweep the length of especially with gunfire : enfilade
7 : to glance over rapidly

— rak·er noun