to rake
101Rake’s Progress — a series of eight paintings (1733–5) by William Hogarth telling the story of a rake (= a fashionable young man who leads a wild and immoral life) who finally dies in Bedlam (= a hospital in London for the mentally ill). Hogarth later made the… …
102rake-off — /rayk awf , of /, n. 1. a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise. 2. a share, as of profits. 3. a discount in the price of a commodity: We got a 20 percent rake off on the dishwasher. [1885 90, Amer …
103rake in — verb a) to collect something such as leaves into a pile, often with a rake b) to receive or to collect a large quantity of (something, especially money) See Also: rake it in …
104rake sth off — UK US rake sth off Phrasal Verb with rake({{}}/reɪk/ verb ► to take part of the money or profit that someone earns, used especially when this seems unfair or too much: »The fund management business rakes off a significant chunk of an investment s …
105rake — verb Rake is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑claw, ↑eye Rake is used with these nouns as the object: ↑leaf, ↑yard …
106rake — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, aim at, angularity, ascend, backset, bank, barrage, be promiscuous, beat, blast, blitz, bombard, bounder, bring up, cad, cannon, cannonade, cant, card, careen, chase women, clear, climb,… …
107rake in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake in : present tense I/you/we/they rake in he/she/it rakes in present participle raking in past tense raked in past participle raked in informal to earn a lot of money be raking it in: A lot of computer… …
108rake off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake off : present tense I/you/we/they rake off he/she/it rakes off present participle raking off past tense raked off past participle raked off informal to take a part of the profits from something,… …
109rake up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake up : present tense I/you/we/they rake up he/she/it rakes up present participle raking up past tense raked up past participle raked up informal to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and …
110rake — [reɪk] verb I 1) [I/T] to use a rake in order to make an area of soil level or to remove leaves from the ground 2) [T] to pull your fingers through or along something • be raking it in to be earning a lot of money[/ex] II noun [C] rake [reɪk] a… …
