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rake out

rake out verb: to clean by removing material with a rake.

Verb

rake out (third-person singular simple present rakes out, present participle raking out, simple past and past participle raked out)

  1. To clean by removing material with a rake.
    • Please rake out the stables tomorrow.
  2. (intransitive) To fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.
    • When you intend a Flight for a Haggard, for the firſt, ſecond and third time make choice of ſuch a place where there are no Cows, Rooks, or the like, to take away all occasion of her raking out ſuch check.1674, “Of Hawks and Hawking”, in The Gentleman's Recreation

Forms of rake out

third-person singular presentrakes out
present participleraking out
past participleraked out
pastraked out

Questions about rake out

What does rake out mean?
Rake out means to clean by removing material with a rake.
What part of speech is rake out?
Rake out is a verb.
What is the past tense of rake out?
The past tense of rake out is raked out.

Words near rake out in the dictionary

  1. rake 'n' scrape
  2. rake and scrape
  3. rake in
  4. rake it in
  5. rake off
  6. rake out
  7. rake over
  8. rake over old coals
  9. rake over the coals
  10. rake receiver
  11. rake receivers

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