Antonyms for rake

Grammar : Verb

Spell : reyk

Phonetic Transcription : reɪk

Definition of rake

Origin : "toothed tool for drawing or scraping things together," Old English raca "rake," earlier ræce, from Proto-Germanic *rak- "gather, heap up" (cf. Old Norse reka "spade, shovel," Old High German rehho, German Rechen "a rake," Gothic rikan "to heap up, collect"), from PIE *reg- (1) "move in a straight line" (cf. Greek oregein "to reach, stretch out," Latin regere "direct, rule; keep straight, guide;" see regal), perhaps via its action, or via the notion of "implement with straight pieces of wood" [Watkins].

verb scrape up, hoe

Example sentences :

What security, that your rake will not follow you to the world's end?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I suppose the Pilgrim and the Rake are contrasted with each other.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

But you rake a match to light the candle, and that little bit of a noise will fetch him.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

And what must that child be, who prefers the rake to a father?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Besides, they can rake us with bullets from ambush, while we're climbing up the ridge.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

We rake the grass, and then, gilding refined gold, we sweep it.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

But the earlier parts of the rake's progress are very natural and amusing.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Though I am a rake, I am not a rake's friend; except thine and company's.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And this made the poet say, That ever woman is a rake in her heart.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And yet, on second thoughts, am I not a rake, as it is called?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Synonyms for rake

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