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  • adjective sloping
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rake.

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Examples

  • The word raked at her, but Angela had always known it was possible.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

  • In a Senate speech Tuesday, Durbin raked Bush administration officials over the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo.

    06/17/2005 2005

  • | Reply just out of curiousity anyone know how much money jackson raked from the lotr trilogies? whatever it was, it wasnt enough! those were amazing movies.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The King Kong trailer! 2005

  • Crovax's sword raked down Volrath's back, laying open his skin.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

  • Call raked up a little sand and covered the chest wound with it, pulling aside his shirt.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • Call raked up a little sand and covered the chest wound with it, pulling aside his shirt.

    Streets of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993

  • Thai police: Insurgent attacks in south wound 17 Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a car bomb and raked a karaoke restaurant with gunfire in Thailand's restive south, wounding at least 17 people in back-to-back attacks in the volatile region, police said Sunday.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a car bomb and raked a karaoke restaurant with gunfire in Thailand's restive south, wounding at least 17 people in back-to-back attacks in the volatile region, police said Sunday.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • I went and saw more than twenty Bushels of Salt raked, which is the most hath been raked in any one day yet.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Most tournaments have an entry fee while ring games are raked, meaning a fixed percentage of the pot is taken out.

    CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2005 2005

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