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=== Pronunciation === |
=== Pronunciation === |
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* {{IPA|/reɪk/}} |
* {{US}} {{UK}} {{IPA|/reɪk/}} |
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* {{audio|en-us-rake.ogg|Audio (US)}} |
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== Noun == |
== Noun == |
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[[File:Wooden rake.jpg|thumb|A rake.]] |
[[File:Wooden rake.jpg|thumb|A '''rake'''.]] |
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# {{countable}} A '''rake''' is a garden tool used to gather leaves, grass clippings, and other garden [[debris]]. |
# {{countable}} A '''rake''' is a garden tool used to gather leaves, grass clippings, and other garden [[debris]]. |
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#: ''He mowed the grass, then used a '''rake''' to gather the clippings.'' |
#: ''He mowed the grass, then used a '''rake''' to gather the clippings.'' |
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# {{countable}} A '''rake''' is someone (usually a man) who has little regard for morals, especially [[sexual]] morals. {{syn|libertine}} |
# {{countable}} A '''rake''' is someone (usually a man) who has little regard for morals, especially [[sexual]] morals. {{syn|libertine}} |
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#: ''Don Juan was a '''rake'''.'' |
#: ''Don Juan was a '''rake'''.'' |
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#: ''Hogarth made a group of pictures called "The '''Rake''''s Progress".'' |
#: ''Hogarth made a group of pictures called "The '''Rake'''{{'}}s Progress".'' |
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== Verb == |
== Verb == |
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{{verb|rak|e}} |
{{verb|rak|e}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:26, 27 January 2024
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
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- (countable) A rake is a garden tool used to gather leaves, grass clippings, and other garden debris.
- He mowed the grass, then used a rake to gather the clippings.
- (countable) A rake is someone (usually a man) who has little regard for morals, especially sexual morals.
- Synonym: libertine
- Don Juan was a rake.
- Hogarth made a group of pictures called "The Rake's Progress".
Verb
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- If you rake something, you use a rake on something, such as leaves, in order to loosen or gather them together.
- We raked all the leaves into a pile.