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1. (intransitive, dated, rare) To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
2. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
3. (ambitransitive) To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
4. (intransitive, chiefly Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
5. Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)
6. (nautical) Senses relating to watercraft.
7. (intransitive, falconry) Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
8. (transitive, also, figurative) Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
9. (transitive) To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake.
10. (transitive) Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
11. (ambitransitive, figurative) To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
12. (intransitive, rare) Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
13. (ambitransitive, figurative) Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
14. (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
15. (ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
16. (military, nautical) To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
17. (transitive, chiefly Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, also, figurative) To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
18. To pick (a lock) with a rake.

Substantiivi

1. A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
2. A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
3. (Scotland) Rate of progress; pace, speed.
4. (agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
5. (Northern England and climbing, also, figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
6. The act of raking.
7. (mining) A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
8. (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
9. Something that is raked.
10. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
11. A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
12. (gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
13. (geology) The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
14. (British, originally Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
15. (Midlands, Northern England) Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”).
16. (chiefly Ireland, Scotland, slang) A lot, plenty.
17. A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.
18. (nautical) Senses relating to watercraft.
19. A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
20. (cellular automata) A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
21. A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
22. (roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.