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The correct spelling is rake.
How to pronounce rake
/ɹeɪk/
nounIPA: /ɹeɪk/
Say it like: Rak-e
The correct spelling is rake. 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 whee… For example: "She is raking the gravel path to keep it even."
Usage Examples
“She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.”
“The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.”
“A mast rakes aft.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- 3.The act of raking.
- 4.Something that is raked.
- 5.A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
verb
- 1.To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- 2.To walk; to roam, to wander.
- 3.Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
- 4.To roam or wander through (somewhere).
- 5.To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
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