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Meaning of rakes
noun
- A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
- The movement of animals while grazing.
- The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
- A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
verb
- To walk; to roam, to wander.
- Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
- To roam or wander through (somewhere).
noun
- 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.
- (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
noun
- The act of raking.
- Something that is raked.
verb
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake. Example: She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.
noun
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- (originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons. Example: The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches.
- (systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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