rake (1) — OET

rake1

verb

1 another man was raking the clippings into a sack:

scrape up/together, collect, gather.

2 she raked the gravel meticulously:

smooth, smooth out, level, even out, flatten, comb.

3 the cat raked his face with its claws:

scratch, lacerate, scrape, rasp, graze, abrade, grate, bark;

technical excoriate.

4 she raked a hand through her hair:

drag, pull, scrape, draw, tug.

5 Dempster raked through his pockets:

rummage, search, hunt, sift, rifle;

ransack, comb, turn upside down, scour, go through with a fine-tooth comb.

6 machine-gun fire raked the streets:

sweep, enfilade, pepper, strafe;

archaic cannonade, fusillade.

7 her eyes raked the room:

search, scan, look around/round/over, survey, study, inspect, scour, scrutinize, examine, explore;

North American, informal scope.

□ rake something in

informal

the movie raked in over $300 million:

earn, make, get, gain, get paid, obtain, acquire, accumulate, bring in, gather in, pull in, haul in, pocket, realize, make a profit of, fetch, return, yield, raise, clear, net, gross.

□ rake something up

I was afraid that someone had raked up the past:

remind people of, revive the memory of, recollect, remember, call to mind;

drag up, dredge up, speak out about.

rake (1) Oxford Dictionary of English