Rake

rāk, n. an instrument with teeth or pins for smoothing earth, .: any tool consisting of a flat blade at right angles to a long handle.— v.t. to scrape with something toothed: to draw together: to gather with difficulty: to level with a rake: to search diligently: to pa over violently and swiftly: ( naut. ) to fire into, as a ship, lengthwise: to inter or hide, as by raking earth over a body.— v.i. to work with a rake: to search minutely.— ns. Rā′ker ; Rā′king , the act or operation of using a rake: the space raked at once: the quantity collected at once with a rake: sharp criticism.— adj. such as to rake, as a raking fire.— Rake hell , to search even hell to find a person equally bad; Rake up , to cover with material raked or scraped together: to draw from oblivion, to revive. [A.S. raca , a rake; Ger. rechen , Ice. reka , a shovel.]