rake

rake
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n
1. hoe, trowel, spade, scraper, scuffle.
v
2. dig, scrape, spade, hoe, break up; comb, hackle, rasp, card; harrow, weed, dibble, delve, pick; smooth, prepare, brush up.
3. gather, draw, cull, pluck, pick, garner, catch; remove, dredge, scrape up, net.
4. rake in collect, gather, pull in, stack up, haul in, make a killing; mass, amass, pile up, round up, clean up.
5. search, scour, look for, look all over for, look everywhere for; rifle through, rummage, ransack, comb, hunt through; turn upside down, turn inside out, look high and low, leave no stone unturned.
6. scrape, scratch, graze, kiss, brush, nudge, glance; touch, contact, skin, shave, caress, lick.
2, n
roue, profligate, debauchee, lecher, libertine, dissipater, prodigal; playboy, rakehell, blood, Inf. rip, Sl. swinger, fast man, man about town; womanizer, lady-killer, bedhopper, lover, ladies' man, Inf. wolf; adulterer, fornicator, seducer, satyr, goat, old goat, Sl. dirty old man, pervert, Sl. letch; Don Juan, Lothario, Cassanova.

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