rake ~ rake ~ rake
[the same pronunciation that rhymes with “cake” — for the right pronuncaiton, please click here]
a garden rake
“Rake”, as a noun, is ‘a tool with a row of metal or wooden teeth at one end of a long meat or wooden pole or bar or handle used (a) in the garden, for drawing hay or dead leaves on the ground or to level the soil (b) in the fields, mounted on wheels and drawn by draught/draft animals or tractors, or worked just by hand to level the ground in order to sow seeds
a rake on a roulette table
(c) in gambling places, such as clubs, casinos, etc. to draw money or chips used instead of money at gambling table by a croupier’; and as a verb, it means ‘to make a place level with a rake; to collect money with a rake; to search carefully by turning over something, such as files, papers, etc.’,
e.g.
Every gardener should know how to work with a rake.
Farmers rake their fields before sowing seeds.
I’ve been raking my suit cases and bags for the tickets, but I can’t find them.
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“Rake” (noun) is ‘the degree or angle of a slope (the slanting position) of a stage in a theatre upwards towards the back; to slope a ship’s mast or funnels towards the back’,
e.g.
A good theatre must have a stage with the right rake so that the audience do not have to crane their necks to see the actors at the back performing.
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a rake (spoiled person)
“Rake” (noun) {old-fashioned or out-dated usage} is ‘a man with all sorts of bad habits: drinking, gambling, having illicit sexual relationships, etc.’,
e.g.
He is a rake. I sincerely advise you not to make friends with him.
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