RAKES UP Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

rakes up

verb

present tense third-person singular of rake up

as in owns

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The nonprofit owns two houses to provide affordable housing for physically disabled adults in the Santa Clara Valley.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Ask what is owed, confirm who owns which task, and put the agreement somewhere people can reference.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of owns

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While French acknowledges that color palettes and repeats might fall in or out of trend, the pattern sandwich will endure.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Maybe not While the AMA acknowledges that stigma affects clinician behavior and prescribing, the organization has long urged patience with the pace of reform and resisted efforts to mandate more rapid change.

— Brian Mann, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of acknowledges

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Emerald Isle, North Carolina, confesses its obvious charms—brilliant blue-green waters, a verdant maritime forest, and lush marshes—in its name.

— Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Then Armand confesses to Molloy that, actually, he’s been in love with him for decades.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of confesses

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The lesson here – and one the NBCU-Peacock-YouTube deal concedes – is that a media company just isn’t the mountain that Mohammed goes to – the consumers are the mountain.

— Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Once the darling of the NBA, the next heartthrob to splash on posters and commercials, the acrobatic point guard concedes he is viewed negatively.

— Jason Quick, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of concedes

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For anyone asking whether this kind of analysis—unequal parts interpretation, speculation, and evaluation—will save a worrying figure, the query imparts its own futility.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
This is the property of liquid that imparts an upward force to an object against gravity’s downward pull.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 July 2026

Definition of imparts

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The wording of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 gives away the administration’s true intent.

— Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
The condition occurs due to a slow breakdown of the cells in the aorta, which has likely been going on silently for many years before the weakened area of the aortic wall finally gives away and tears.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of gives away

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