Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Such as to rake: as, a raking fire.
- Inclining: having a rake or inclination.
- noun The art of using a rake; a gathering or clearance with or as if with a rake; also, that which is raked or raked up.
- noun The act of raking into or exploring something; hence, a rigid scrutiny or examination; a depreciatory overhauling; censorious criticism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
rake . - noun The act or process of using a
rake ; the going over a space with a rake. - noun 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.
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Examples
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I am there, once again raking pine needles, just moving them from one place to another, over and over again, like Sisyphus rolling his bloody rock.
The Persistence of Pine: A Sensory Flashback and a Sacred Place 2008
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Which means, of course, that leaf-raking is good for me, too, right?
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Which means, of course, that leaf-raking is good for me, too, right?
Archive 2004-10-01 M-mv 2004
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What a mean and ungentlemanly act, to say the very least, is that of Mr. Seward in raking up a more or less apocryphal list of
Echoes of the Week 1865
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But initially, in an outhouse, he had also been hit to the left side of the face by what was described as a "raking shot" then dragged inside by his feet to receive the second, fatal shot to the stomach.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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With the likes of Braid, Castle Crashers, World of Goo, and a host of other titles raking up big sales numbers, the indie gaming industry is growing right alongside its bigger brother.
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With the likes of Braid, Castle Crashers, World of Goo, and a host of other titles raking up big sales numbers, the indie gaming industry is growing right alongside its bigger brother.
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With the likes of Braid, Castle Crashers, World of Goo, and a host of other titles raking up big sales numbers, the indie gaming industry is growing right alongside its bigger brother.
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World of Goo, and a host of other titles raking up big sales numbers, the indie gaming industry is growing right alongside its bigger brother.
LXer Linux News 2009
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With the likes of Braid, Castle Crashers, World of Goo, and a host of other titles raking up big sales numbers, the indie gaming industry is growing right alongside its bigger brother.
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For public opinion surveys, the most prevalent method for weighting is iterative proportional fitting, more commonly referred to as raking.
1. How different weighting methods work - Pew Research Center Methods Travis Mitchell 2020
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