as in degenerate
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
was often spotted in sordid places that reinforced a reputation as one of the city's most notorious rakes
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as in slope
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the floor of the auditorium doesn't have much of a rake, so sightlines for spectators in the rear are not good
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as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
he raked repeatedly through his luggage, hoping that in one of the bags he would find his lost passport before his flight's departure
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Recent Examples of rake
Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Then, to amplify the energy of the team’s famed Dawg Pound, the new stadium will have a soccer-style supporters section with a 34-degree rake—the steepest allowed in new construction—of safe standing, bringing the more than 6,700 standing-rail seats up against the northwest end zone.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Elite athletes know that raking themselves over the coals for a mistake or a loss is a counter-productive waste of energy.
—Megan Tady, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
With a chirping vocal register that pays just the right amount of homage to Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the role on Broadway, and hair-flips deployed like Sideshow Bob rake gags, Grande approaches her character’s obliviousness as intelligently as anyone in Barbie did last year.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Then, to amplify the energy of the team’s famed Dawg Pound, the new stadium will have a soccer-style supporters section with a 34-degree rake—the steepest allowed in new construction—of safe standing, bringing the more than 6,700 standing-rail seats up against the northwest end zone.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
After the area mostly dries, rake away all dead material and loosen the soil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Elite athletes know that raking themselves over the coals for a mistake or a loss is a counter-productive waste of energy.
—Megan Tady, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rake
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After all, one of the show's guiltiest pleasures is searching each contestant's face during the reveal to suss out their true feelings.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Police had searched repeatedly for any trace of Dee Warner, but found no sign of her dead or alive, and no signs of violence.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released video of officials combing through the debris and destruction left after the fatal Jan. 31 plane crash in Philadelphia, which killed at least seven people and injured 22 others.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Rescue teams were combing the Potomac River after a plane carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday night.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Target is also where customers can find Tisdale's other Being Frenshe bodycare products.—
Hedy Phillips,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Dropbox helps filmmakers and creative teams find, organize, and secure all the files that are important to any project.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Denver Post in 2022 published a three-part investigation that documented, for the first time, how local villagers dredged these valuable antiquities from a secret vault at the Plai Bat II temple in northeast Thailand and sold them to a burgeoning collector named Douglas Latchford.—
Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2025
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The first is and underwater underwater dredging machine which is remotely operated to dredge the river floor for marine and ecosystem studies, disaster prevention, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and eventually underwater mining.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Global Monitoring: Their system tracks over 13 million companies worldwide, scanning information in 12 languages to detect potential disruptions like financial instability or delays at ports.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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Several miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists aboard a submersible scanned the shadowy seafloor for signs of life.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Rake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rake. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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