(Britain, originally Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
(Midlands, Northern England) Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”)
(Northern England and climbing, also figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
(Scotland) Rate of progress; pace, speed.
(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
(chiefly Ireland, Scotland, slang) A lot, plenty.
(gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
(geology) The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
(mining) A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
(systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
The act of raking.
verb
(intransitive, chiefly Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
(intransitive, dated, rare) To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
(intransitive, falconry) Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
(intransitive, rare) Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
(military, nautical) To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
(transitive) Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
(transitive) To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
(transitive, also figurative) Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
(transitive, chiefly Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, also figurative) To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
(transitive, intransitive) To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
(transitive, intransitive, also figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
Alternative spelling of raik (“(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) to walk; to roam, to wander; of animals (especially sheep): to graze; (transitive, chiefly Scotland) to roam or wander through (somewhere)”)
