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raking

raking is the present participle and gerund of rake.

Adjective

raking (comparative more raking, superlative most raking)

  1. Swiftly moving.
    • You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC
  2. Sloping; having a rake or incline.
    • raking light

Noun

raking (plural rakings)

  1. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
  2. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
  3. a bass guitar playing technique in which multiple notes are played rapidly from one string to another.

Meaning of rake

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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Forms of raking

Adjective
comparativemore raking
superlativemost raking
Noun
pluralrakings

Words formed from raking

Phrases with raking

Questions about raking

What does raking mean?
Raking means swiftly moving.
What is raking the present participle and gerund of?
Raking is the present participle and gerund of rake.
What part of speech is raking?
Raking can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near raking in the dictionary

  1. raki
  2. rakia
  3. rakias
  4. rakija
  5. rakijas
  6. raking
  7. raking fire
  8. raking in
  9. raking it in
  10. raking off
  11. raking out

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