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• Rake — Rake, n. [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering, unsettled, reika to wander.] A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou[ e]. [1913 Webster] An illiterate and frivolous old …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rake — Ⅰ. rake [1] ► NOUN ▪ an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used for drawing together leaves, cut grass, etc. or smoothing loose soil or gravel. ► VERB 1) draw together with a rake. 2) make smooth with …   English terms dictionary

• Rake — Rake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raked} (r[=a]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Raking}.] [AS. racian. See 1st {Rake}.] 1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To collect or draw… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rake over (old) coals (or rake over the ashes) — chiefly Brit. revive the memory of a past event. → rake …   English new terms dictionary

• Old Roan railway station — Old Roan Old Roan railway station, from the Liverpool platform Lo …   Wikipedia

• rake over old coals — ► rake over old coals (or rake over the ashes) chiefly Brit. revive the memory of a past event. Main Entry: ↑rake …   English terms dictionary

• rake over old coals — (UK) If you go back to old problems and try to bring them back, making trouble for someone, you are raking over old coals …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• rake over the ashes — ► rake over old coals (or rake over the ashes) chiefly Brit. revive the memory of a past event. Main Entry: ↑rake …   English terms dictionary

• Old Coyote Town — Single by Don Williams from the album Traces Released 1989 Genre Country Length 3:4 …   Wikipedia

• rake — rake1 [reık] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English racu] [Sense: 3; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a gardening tool with a row of metal teeth at the end of a long handle, used for making soil level, gathering up dead leaves etc ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rake — I. /reɪk / (say rayk) noun 1. a long handled tool with teeth or tines for gathering together hay or the like, breaking and smoothing the surface of ground, etc. 2. a similar implement used in agriculture, especially one drawn by a tractor. 3. any …