rake1

noun

• an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.
• an implement similar to a rake used for other purposes, e.g. by a croupier drawing in money at a gaming table.
• [in singular] an act of raking:giving the lawn a rake

verb

• 1draw together with a rake or similar implement:they started raking up hay
• make (ground) smooth with a rake:I sometimes rake over the allotment

• 2scratch or scrape (something, especially a person’s flesh) with a long sweeping movement:her fingers raked Bill’s face
• [with object and adverbial of direction] draw or drag (something) through something with a sweeping movement:she raked a comb through her hair
• sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light:the road was raked with machine-gun fire
• [no object, with adverbial of direction] move across something with a long sweeping movement:his icy gaze raked mercilessly over Lissa’s slender figure
• [no object, with adverbial] search or rummage through something:he raked through his pockets and brought out a five-pound note