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raking out

raking out is the present participle and gerund 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 raking out

What is raking out the present participle and gerund of?
Raking out is the present participle and gerund of rake out.

Words near raking out in the dictionary

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

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