RAKING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

raking

verb

present participle of rake

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something he raked repeatedly through his luggage, hoping that in one of the bags he would find his lost passport before his flight's departure

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Recent Examples of raking The wood jambs supporting your front and back entryways can quickly get coated with pollen during springtime, and mowing and raking the lawn kicks up dust and dirt that settles along the frame. —

Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Matt McLain added muscle, is now raking On the one hand, McLain adding a dozen pounds of muscle in the offseason seems like an unambiguously positive development. —

Andy Behrens, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Chris Cerveny, co-founder of Just Good Soil, recommends holding off on raking your leaves immediately. —

Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Feb. 2026 Fleischer recommends waiting until a snowstorm has ended before raking the roof and to never use a ladder in the snow. —

Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026 Just ask DePaul-area resident Janice Hughes, who claims she was rear-ended by a Coco robot while raking the parkway in front of her home. —

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 Penny became a right-wing cause célèbre, raking millions of dollars in donations toward his legal defense. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Dec. 2024 Between raking leaves, aerating your lawn, adding grass seed, and more, fall is one of the busiest and most important seasons for maintaining your yard. —

Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024 Besides the pitching edge, the Dodgers’ hitters are raking, with two home runs from Andy Pages and another long ball from Mookie Betts, nine hits and a brief shortening of a 10-2 deficit. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024

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Police in New Jersey are searching for a vandal who threw bricks through the windows of vehicles parked on streets in at least two Union County towns.

— Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Its reappearance on the literary scene comes at a time when younger generations, who may be naive to MI theory, are searching for new ways to be defined.

— Big Think, Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026