rake
part of speech
noun (a rake, rakes); verb (rake, rakes, raked, raking)
meaning for a pupil
1) A rake is a garden tool with a long handle and a row of teeth or prongs at the end for gathering leaves or smoothing soil. tree →
2) To rake means to use a rake to gather things or make soil flat. tree →
3) To rake through something means to search it carefully. tree →
4) To rake in money means to get a lot of it. tree →
5) To rake a fire means to stir its ashes and embers with a rake-like tool. tree →
sense in the lessons
Everyday and safety: in autumn people rake up fallen leaves; always leave a rake with its teeth facing down, because if you step on the teeth the handle can fly up and hit your face (the joke in cartoons is a real danger). In gardening lessons you rake soil before planting seeds. Phrases: «rake up leaves», «rake through», «rake in», «as thin as a rake».
examples
- We raked the leaves into a big pile. tree →
- Then we jumped in the pile of leaves! tree →
- Leave the rake with its prongs facing down. tree →
- Dad raked the soil flat before we planted the seeds. tree →
- She raked through the box looking for her lost earring. tree →
- My brother is as thin as a rake. tree →
- The cake sale raked in lots of money for the school. tree →
- The rake leaned against the shed. tree →
- The goodman was taking off his breeches, and the goodwife raking the fire. tree →
note
Countable: «a rake, rakes». Past: «raked». «As thin as a rake» means very thin. A rake has many teeth; a hoe has one flat blade; a spade digs.
In the corpora
- A rake left with its teeth up can swing its handle into your face when stepped on.
- Use garden tools only with a grown-up; lay a rake teeth down and carry shears closed and pointing down.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rake» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.