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rakes out

rakes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rake out.

Meaning of rake out

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

Questions about rakes out

What is rakes out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rakes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rake out.

Words near rakes out in the dictionary

  1. rakery
  2. rakes
  3. rakes in
  4. rakes it in
  5. rakes off
  6. rakes out
  7. rakes over
  8. rakes over old coals
  9. rakes over the coals
  10. rakes together
  11. rakes up

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