rake
noun
/ɹeɪk/
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- (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.
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râteau,
rastrum
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rake
verb
/ɹeɪk/
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- (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.
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ratisser,
arroser
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- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
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ratisser,
râteler
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- (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
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fouiller,
passer au peigne fin
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rake
noun
/ɹeɪk/
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- (Britain, originally, Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
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rame
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rake
noun
/ɹeɪk/
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- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
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fumiste
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rake
noun
/ɹeɪk/
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- (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).
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angle de chasse,
dépouille
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