Plural of rake
regular plural
The plural of rake is rakes.
Forms of rake
| Singular | rake /ɹeɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | rakes /ɹeɪks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Rakes in a sentence
- The switch engine is unstable but a number of them working in combination can form stable puffers, spaceships and rakes.2015, Paul Rendell, Turing Machine Universality of the Game of Life, page 133
- A mast rakes aft.
- Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.From the entry tool
- “Give him up!” she rakes lasery eyebeams over commuters till they burst into bone popcorn.2014, Ron Dakron, chapter 22, in Hello Devilfish!, New York, N.Y.: Three Rooms Press, →ISBN, page 125. From the entry lasery
- Waving butcher knives and rakes." "The rebels don't stand a chance."2014 September 21, Edward W. Robertson, The Cycle of Arawn: The Complete Trilogy, Edward W. Robertson. From the entry goatback
Meaning of rake
- noun 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.
- noun A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- noun A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.
Questions about the plural of rake
- What is the plural of rake?
- The plural of rake is rakes.
- Is rake countable?
- Rake is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rake (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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