(intransitive) To incline from a perpendicular direction.
To claw at; to scratch.
To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
(intransitive) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Esimerkit
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
Jim has had a rake of trouble with his new car.
The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
We raked all the leaves into a pile
Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine
raking in Chaucer for antiquated words
The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
the enemy machine guns raked the roadway
Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.
like clouds that rake the mountain summits
The casino is just raking in the cash; it's like a license to print money.
Pas could not stay, but over him did rake.
A mast rakes aft.
We now have rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of Rakes. — the Spectator