rakedst

Verb

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

1. To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
   • She is raking the gravel path to keep it even.
   1. (also, figuratively, transitive) Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
      • The casino is just raking in the cash; it’s like a licence to print money.
   2. (transitive) Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
   3. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
      • The cat’s sharp claws raked the side of my face.
   4. (ambitransitive, figuratively) Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
   5. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To search through (thoroughly).
      • [...] I have added to both of them [language and poetry] in the choice of Words, and Harmony of Numbers which were wanting, [...] One is for raking in [Geoffrey] Chaucer (our Engliſh Ennius) for antiquated Words, which are never to be reviv'd, but when Sound or Significancy is wanting in the...1697, Virgil, “Postscript to the Reader”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 621

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