to rake
121rake trawl — a beam trawl with a rake or toothed structure along its lower edge to disturb and facilitate capture of flatfishes …
122rake up — verb to collect (leaves etc.) into a pile by using a rake …
123rake off — verb To remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion. rake leaves off the road …
124rake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, collect; comb, ransack, search, rummage; enfilade, spray with bullets; incline, slope. See assemblage. n. libertine, roué, rakehell; slope, ramp. See cleanness, obliquity, agriculture. II… …
125rake — I n A lowered front end on a hotrod. He just gave his rod a rakeand twice pipes; nice. 1950s II v To lower the front end of a hotrod. It doesn t look like much now but when I rake it, it will be hot stuff. 1950s …
126rake\ over\ the\ coals — • haul over the coals • rake over the coals v. phr. To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call. Syn.: dress down …
127rake\ up — v. phr. To expose; gather; bring to light. Let s forget about the past; there s no need to rake up all those old memories …
128rake in — PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone is raking in money, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily, more easily than you think they should. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] The privatisation allowed companies to rake in huge profits.… …
