Raking

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of rake.
  • n. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The art of using a rake; a gathering or clearance with or as if with a rake; also, that which is raked or raked up.
  • n. The act of raking into or exploring something; hence, a rigid scrutiny or examination; a depreciatory overhauling; censorious criticism.
  • Such as to rake: as, a raking fire.
  • Inclining: having a rake or inclination.
  • Word Usage
    "What a mean and ungentlemanly act, to say the very least, is that of Mr. Seward in raking up a more or less apocryphal list of"
    Cross Reference
    Verb Stem
    rake   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aching    baking    braking    breaking    faking    flaking    forsaking    making    mistaking    quaking