noun

1. any of various long-handled tools with teeth or prongs at one end, used for gathering loose grass, hay, leaves, etc., or for smoothing broken ground
2. any of various similar toothed devices oyster rake

Etymology: ME < OE raca; akin to ON reka, spade, Ger rechen, a rake < IE base *reĝ-, to direct, put in order > right

transitive verb raked, raking rak′·ing

1. 1. to gather or scrape together with or as with a rake
   2. to make (a lawn, etc.) tidy with a rake
2. to gather with great care
3. to scratch or smooth with a rake, as in leveling broken ground
4. to cover (a fire) with ashes
5. to scratch or scrape
6. to search through minutely; scour
7. to direct gunfire along (a line of troops, the deck of a ship, etc.): often figurative
8. to look over rapidly and searchingly

Etymology: ME raken < the n.; also in part < ON raka, to scrape, shave

intransitive verb

1. to use a rake
2. to search as if with a rake
3. to scrape or sweep: with over, across, etc.