āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to rake
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āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a ground surface become level or smooth, using a special gardening tool
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She rakes the leaves in the yard to keep it tidy.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž
to pull or drag something in a sweeping motion
Transitive: to rake sth through sth | to rake sth across sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She raked the brush through the wet paint to create a smooth finish.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻļ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻļ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to gather or move something using a rake or a similar tool
Transitive: to rake sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They spent the afternoon raking the leaves into bags for disposal.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to scratch or scrape something, especially skin, with a sweeping or fast motion
Transitive: to rake the skin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cat âs claws raked his leg as it jumped onto his lap.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to search through something in a quick, disorganized manner
Intransitive: to rake through a space or container
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She raked through her bag, trying to find her phone.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to move over something in a smooth, sweeping motion
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her fingers raked through the sand as she searched for shells.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻļāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻˇā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§
a gardening tool with metal teeth attached to a long wooden handle, primarily used for gathering dead leaves or marking a spot on the ground
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āĻĸāĻžāĻ˛, āĻĸāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŖ
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
03
āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻā§
a dissolute man in fashionable society
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
