1. a garden tool with a long handle and a row of teeth or prongs, used for gathering leaves or smoothing soil
2. a dissolute or immoral person, especially a man
Usage: archaic; literary

1. to gather, smooth, or scrape with a rake or similar tool
2. to search through something thoroughly

Examples

• She used a rake to gather the fallen autumn leaves.
• The gardener raked the soil smooth before planting seeds.
• He raked through the old papers looking for the document.
• They raked the beach for shells and interesting rocks.
• The metal rake scraped against the concrete sidewalk.
• Police raked the area for evidence of the crime.
• In the novel, the protagonist was portrayed as a charming rake.