How many syllables in Rake
Word
Rake
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
rake
Definition
- n. - An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a
long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other
light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and
smoothing the earth.
- n. - A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting
hay or grain; a horserake.
- n. - A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically,
or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.
- v. t. - To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;
as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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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