Raking example sentences
rake
verb
raking (present participle)
- collect, gather, or move with a rake or similar implement:
- make (a stretch of ground) tidy or smooth with a rake:
- scratch or scrape (something, especially a person's flesh) with a long sweeping movement:
- draw or drag (something) with a long sweeping movement:
- sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light:
- move across something with a long sweeping movement:
- search or rummage through something:
rake
verb
raking (present participle)
- set (something, especially a stage or the floor of an auditorium) at a sloping angle:
- (of a ship's mast or funnel) incline from the perpendicular toward the stern:
- (of a ship's bow or stern) project at its upper part beyond the keel.