rake

Noun

• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
  • the roof had a steep pitch
    

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

Verb

• scrape gently
  • graze the skin
    

• gather with a rake
  • rake leaves
    

• examine hastily
  • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    

• sweep the length of
  • The gunfire raked the coast
    

• level or smooth with a rake
  • rake gravel
    

• move through with or as if with a rake
  • She raked her fingers through her hair
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pitch , slant , rakehell , profligate , rip , blood , roue , graze , crease , scan , skim , glance over , run down