Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 15 compound words that contain rakes. The most common are listed below. Open rakes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- clam rakesplural of clam rake: A rake for digging up clams.
- grass rakesplural of grass rake: A rake, having long, thin, flexible teeth, used to remove leaves and dead grass from lawns
- lawn rakesplural of lawn rake: A rake, having long, thin, flexible teeth, used to remove leaves and dead grass from lawns
- rakes offthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake off: A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game.
- rakes outthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake out: To clean by removing material with a rake.
- rakes overthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake over: To discuss something unpleasant from the past.
- rakes togetherthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake together: To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty
- rakes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake up: To bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
- roof rakesplural of roof rake: a long-handled tool for pulling snow off a roof.
- snake rakesplural of snake rake: A lock-picking tool in the form of a thin, flat length of metal with a wavy section at one end, designed to jostle the pins of a low-quality lock into a position allowing it to be unlocked.
- top rakesplural of top rake: The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the surface being cut.
- stubble rakesplural of stubble rake: A rake with long teeth for raking stubble together.
- thatch rakesplural of thatch rake: A rake with double-edged, crescent-shaped blades, used for slicing through and pulling out thatch from a lawn.
- thatching rakesplural of thatching rake: A rake with double-edged, crescent-shaped blades, used for slicing through and pulling out thatch from a lawn.
- rakes over old coalsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake over old coals: To bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.
- rakes over the coalsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rake over the coals: To call to task or to reprimand severely.
- de-thatching rakesplural of de-thatching rake: A rake with double-edged, crescent-shaped blades, used for slicing through and pulling out thatch from a lawn.
- cavex rakesplural of cavex rake: A rake with double-edged, crescent-shaped blades, used for slicing through and pulling out thatch from a lawn.
- dethatching rakesplural of dethatching rake: A rake with double-edged, crescent-shaped blades, used for slicing through and pulling out thatch from a lawn.
- thatcher's rakesplural of thatcher's rake: Synonym of thatch-rake (“tool for combing a thatched roof”).
- hell-rakesplural of hell-rake: A spring-tooth rake.
Compound words 15
- coalrakesplural of coalrake: A rake used to stir the coals / ashes in a furnace or oven
- firedrakesplural of firedrake: A fire-breathing dragon.
- handrakesplural of handrake: A rake operated by hand, as opposed to a horserake.
- hayrakesplural of hayrake: A rake for collecting hay
- horserakesplural of horserake: A rake designed to be drawn (pulled) by a horse.
- icedrakesplural of icedrake: A dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature.
- Labrakesplural of Labrake: A surname from French.
- mandrakesplural of mandrake: Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical …
- muckrakesthird-person singular simple present indicative of muckrake: A rake for scraping up dung.
- overrakesthird-person singular simple present indicative of overrake: To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored with its head to the sea.