Look up: rake

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   Rake
   Rake is a city in Winnebago County Iowa, USA
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   Rake
   The incline of a stage floor or seating area away from the horizontal. Originally introduced as a way of improving sightlines to the stage under poor lighting conditions last century.
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   rake
   [n] - a dissolute man in fashionable society 2. [n] - a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head 3. [v] - sweep the length of 4. [v] - move through with or as if with a rake 5. [v] - level or smooth with a rake 6. [v] - gather with a rake
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   RAKE
   A multi-channel receiver technique which uses separate correlator channels to add several multipath signal components. These time-shifted components can be either naturally arising from multipath effects or through use of soft handover. The correlator outputs are combined to deliver an improved signal. Used in CDMA systems.
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   Rake
   How sloped the floor of an auditorium or stage is.
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   Rake
   Many stage floors, usually in theatres built for dance or variety, are higher at the back than at the front, to give the audience a better view. These stages are said to be "raked", and the "rake" is the angle of slope from back to front. In most modern theatres it is the audience seating that is raked, not the stage.
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   Rake
   This refers to the amount of money, in chips, taken by the house as a service fee.
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   Rake
   Slope, particularly of a mast.
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   Rake
   to move the tip of the mast forward or backwards
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    Rake
    A vertical vein of metallic ore, usually lead, occuring between walls of rock and cutting through the bedding. Often rakes have been worked from early times leaving deep trenches several km long, with adits leading off and shafts sunk at the side.
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    rake
    a device consisting essentially of a row of pressure-measuring tubes or temperature-sensitive elements arranged like a rake or comb,used to sense the pressure or temperature at desired intervals in a fluid flow.cf.mouse Category: Standards, measures and testing • The inclination from the perpendicular of a mast,funnel,stem or sternpost,etc.The overhang of a vessel forward. Category:...
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    Rake
    Trim members that run parallel to the roof slope and form the finish between the wall and a gable roof extension. The angle of slope of a roof rafter, or the inclined portion of a cornice.
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    Rake
    Rake (rāk) noun [ Anglo-Saxon race ; akin to OD. rake , Dutch reek , Old High German rehho , German rechen , Icelandic reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Greek 'ore`gein to stretch out, and English rack to stretch. Confer Reckon .] 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece ...
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    Rake
    Rake transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Raked (rākt); present participle & verbal noun Raking .] [ Anglo-Saxon racian . See 1st Rake .] 1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up ; as, he raked up the fallen leaves. 2. Hence: To collect or draw t ...
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    Rake
    Rake (rāk) intransitive verb 1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely. « One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words.» Dryden. 2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along. « Pas could not stay, but over him did rake .» Sir P. Sidney.
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    Rake
    Rake noun [ Confer dial. Swedish raka to reach, and English reach .] The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc. ; especially (Nautical) , the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.
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    Rake
    Rake intransitive verb To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft. Raking course (Bricklaying) , a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen it.
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    Rake
    Rake noun [ Middle English rakel rash; confer Icelandic reikall wandering, unsettled, reika to wander.] A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué. « An illiterate and frivolous old rake .» Macaulay.
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    Rake
    Rake intransitive verb 1. [ Icelandic reika . Confer Rake a debauchee.] To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [ Prov. Eng.] 2. [ See Rake a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. Shenstone. To rake out (Falconry) , to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; - ...
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    rake
    1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth. ... 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. ... 3. [Perhaps a different word. ... & ...
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    rake
    noun a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
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    rake
    rakehell noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
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    rake
    slant noun degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; `the roof had a steep pitch`
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    Rake
    `Rake` may refer to: * Rake (tool), a long-handled tool with tines. * Rake (poker), the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game. * The `rake`, the artificial slope of a theatre stage. * Rake (character), a man habituated to immoral conduct. An archaic term most often found in historical romance novels. * Rake receiver, a radio receiver. * Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language. * Rake...
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    Rake
    • (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. • (v. i.) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. • (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does. • (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in n...
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