Definition of rakes

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  • rakes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • rakes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • rakes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of rakes

  • examine hastily (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. glance over
    2. run down
    3. scan
    4. skim
  • a dissolute man in fashionable society (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. blood
    2. profligate
    3. rakehell
    4. rip
    5. roue
  • scrape gently (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. crease
    2. graze
  • degree of deviation from a horizontal plane (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pitch
    2. slant
  • a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil (noun)
  • gather with a rake (verb)

    Examples

    1. rake leaves
  • level or smooth with a rake (verb)

    Examples

    1. rake gravel
  • move through with or as if with a rake (verb)

    Examples

    1. She raked her fingers through her hair
  • sweep the length of (verb)

    Examples

    1. The gunfire raked the coast

See definition of rakes in Merriam Webster