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Verb (1)
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Noun (3)
Examples of rake in a Sentence
Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
Rug rakes are a popular option for digging deep into the pile, but some are too aggressive and can damage your rug over time.
—Jandra Sutton, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
Hand rakes are small, handheld rakes designed to get in and around small spaces.
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
But a leaf blower can make the task somewhat fun—or, at the very least, much quicker than using a rake.
—Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2023
Our list includes primarily leaf rakes, hand rakes, and shrub rakes.
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
On the second floor, framed drawings of Sal McCloskey and her mother hung on a wall near Curtis’s library of things, which includes a pickleball set, a food processor, a scanner — and, yes, a blueberry rake.
—Elisabeth Egan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
Govier briefly left the snake to grab a shovel and a rake from the garage, per the outlet.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
In order to jam nearly 18,000 seats into a ball, the designers had to insert the stands at a very steep rake; as a result, the clearance between seats is very narrow.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
Gabriel also considered his personal experience gleaned from years of raking for hire as a youth.
—Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
Although these private schools stayed on top, the rankings of many public universities, many of which were raked considerably low in years prior, jump up the ranks — CUNY-City College was formerly ranked 151 and now its 105, Rubin said.
—Maggie Scales, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
My first glimpse of Mongolia was of rolling hills draped in thin emerald grass, of cloud shadows the size of lakes and of raking beams of morning light breaking through a heavy sky.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
In addition to raking the traps, the greenskeeper at the country club also hired McConaughey to hunt the armadillos that were wreaking havoc on the greens of the golf course.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
An alternative to raking leaves is to mulch the leaves into the lawn, or use a lawnmower fitted with a collection bag or vacuum system.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
Wear them while weeding, raking, planting, thatching, and scooping debris into yard waste bags to avoid punctures, scratches, splinters, and dirty fingernails.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
His chief duties are watering and raking the soil, to keep its color consistent.
—Samantha Henig, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English racu; akin to Old High German rehho rake
Noun (2)
origin unknown
Noun (3)
short for rakehell
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
circa 1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1691, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1687, in the meaning defined above
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“Rake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rake. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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rake
1 of 3 nounrake
2 of 3 verbrake
3 of 3 nounNoun
Old English racu "a tool for gathering up grass or straw"
Noun
a shortened form of earlier rakehell (same meaning)
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