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What is the noun for raking?

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rake
  1. A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
  2. (Ireland, slang) A lot, plenty.
  3. (rail transport) A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
  4. (cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
  5. The scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
  6. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
  7. (mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Clear thin paths through the leaves using a rake or a shovel. You can then create a maze or a simple path for your toddlers to follow.”
      “Françoise managed, remarkably, to transform him from a licentious rake into a virtuous and faithful husband.”
      “She fell for a handsome rake who had already been spoken for.”
rake
  1. Slope, divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular.
  2. (geology) The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
  3. (roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Clear thin paths through the leaves using a rake or a shovel. You can then create a maze or a simple path for your toddlers to follow.”
      “Françoise managed, remarkably, to transform him from a licentious rake into a virtuous and faithful husband.”
      “She fell for a handsome rake who had already been spoken for.”
raker
  1. A person who uses a rake.
  2. A machine for raking grain or hay.
  3. A gun positioned so as to rake an enemy ship with gunfire.
  4. Examples:
    1. “The machine built in 1831 required that the raker walk by the side of the machine.”
      “All was silent on board the raker, not the silence of fear, but of suspense.”
      “When the machine is started, the raker jib deploys before the main jib descends to position the raker at the bottom of the screen.”
raking
  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.
rake
  1. (provincial, Northern England) A course; direction; stretch.
  2. (provincial, Northern England, for animals) A range, stray.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Clear thin paths through the leaves using a rake or a shovel. You can then create a maze or a simple path for your toddlers to follow.”
      “Françoise managed, remarkably, to transform him from a licentious rake into a virtuous and faithful husband.”
      “She fell for a handsome rake who had already been spoken for.”
rakehell
rake
  1. A man habituated to immoral conduct.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Clear thin paths through the leaves using a rake or a shovel. You can then create a maze or a simple path for your toddlers to follow.”
      “Françoise managed, remarkably, to transform him from a licentious rake into a virtuous and faithful husband.”
      “She fell for a handsome rake who had already been spoken for.”
rakeback
  1. (poker) A rebate on the rake paid by a poker player.
rakestale
  1. The handle of a rake.
rakishness
  1. The property of being rakish.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He smiled and cocked his head to the side, giving the effect of rakishness.”
      “There is a flounce to them and a rakishness to the men who woo them on bended knee.”
      “Mr. Affleck fires up a Camel Light with an elbow-cocked rakishness that William Powell might envy.”
rakemaker
  1. someone who makes rakes
rakemakers
  1. plural of rakemaker
rakestales
  1. plural of rakestale
rakebacks
  1. plural of rakeback
rakehells
rakings
  1. plural of raking
rakers
  1. plural of raker
rakes
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