Word Meanings - RAKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. See under 1st Gill. (more info) rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, 1. An implement consisting of

Additional info about word: RAKE

A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. See under 1st Gill. (more info) rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, 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. Etym:

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RAKE)

• Libertine
• Rake
• debauchee

Related words: (words related to RAKE)

• LIBERTINE
  A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
• DEBAUCHEE
  One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.