raking

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

transitive verb raked, raking

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

intransitive verb

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