Found 5 items, similar to Raking.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: rak
rakaat
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: rake
menggaruk, penggaruk
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak)
Definition: rak
shelf
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rake
rake
n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn:
profligate,
rip,
blood,
roue]
2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;
“the roof had a
steep pitch” [syn:
pitch,
slant]
3: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to
move leaves or loosen soil
rake
v 1: move through with or as if with a rake;
“She raked her
fingers through her hair”
2: level or smooth with a rake;
“rake gravel”
3: sweep the length of;
“The gunfire raked the coast”
4: examine hastily;
“She scanned the newspaper headlines while
waiting for the taxi” [syn:
scan,
skim,
glance over,
run down]
5: gather with a rake;
“rake leaves”
6: scrape gently;
“graze the skin” [syn:
graze,
crease]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Raking
Rake
\Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Raked (r[=a]kt); p. pr. & vb.
n.
Raking.] [AS. racian. See 1st
Rake.]
1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;
as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
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2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious
industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;
as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous
tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.
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3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for
the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or
for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a
flower bed.
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4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.
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The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
--Swift.
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5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and
lightly, as a rake does.
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Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.
--Wordsworth.
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6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length
of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the
stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of
the deck.
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To rake up.
(a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and
cover with ashes.
(b) To bring up; to search out and bring to notice again;
as, to rake up old scandals.
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Raking
\Rak"ing\ (r[=a]k"[i^]ng), n.
1. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space
with a rake.
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2. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the
quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once
over a space with a rake.
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