rake - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • haul: All this whilst hauling a demonstration rake of coaches is a real test.

Object

  • auditorium: Sound and lights are operated from a control position at the rear of the raked auditorium.
  • windscreen: The trademark raked windscreen is claimed to be the largest yet fitted to any coach anywhere.
  • gravel: The serenity of the raked gravel in Zen gardens has inspired a new process, involving repeatedly drawing pencil lines through gesso.

Adjective modifier

  • spring-tined: Rake gently - a spring-tined rake used upside down works well.
  • spring-tine: Lightly rake lawns with a spring-tine rake to remove old plant debris.
  • grassy: Go left just before the barn and walk northwards uphill along a wide grassy rake.
  • steep: Once in the gap it is possible to exit by the head of a steep rake on its northern side.

Modifies a noun

  • wielder: And every one and rake wielder aimed at this pay tables have.

Noun used with modifier

  • mast: Have you measured your mast rake to see what it is at the moment with it raked back?
  • hay: The chamfered design of the stretcher is based on the hay rake.
  • lawn: A spring-tine or lawn rake is a different tool altogether.

Possessives

  • progress: The Rake's Progress: New Adventures In Folk Music " the new portal site for British folk music.

Preposition: in

  • profit: However, Scottish banks continue to rake in the profits from PFI.

Preposition: of

  • wagon: There was a special bogie to couple onto the loco forming rakes of wagons hurtling across the countryside.
  • coach: Most probably the greatest achievement in 1998 has been the painting of the main line rake of coaches.

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