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Common meanings

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Rake (tool) A rake (Old English ''raca'', cognate with Dutch ''hark'', German ''Rechen'', from the root meaning "to scrape together", "heap up") is a broom for outside use; a versatile horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transver ...
, a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines *
Rake (stock character) In a historical context, a rake (short for rakehell, analogous to " hellraiser") was a man who was habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanizing. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, ...
, a man habituated to immoral conduct *
Rake (poker) Rake is the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. It is generally 2.5% to 10% of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount. There are also other non-percentage ways for a casino to take the rake. ...
, the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game *
Raking fire In naval warfare during the Age of Sail, raking fire was Naval artillery in the Age of Sail, cannon fire directed parallel to the long axis of an enemy ship from ahead (in front of the ship) or astern (behind the ship). Although each shot was d ...
, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare


Science and technology

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Rake receiver A rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called ''fingers'', that is, several correlators each assigned to a different multipath component. Each finger ...
, a radio receiver * Rake (geology), the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line in geology


Transport

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Rake Rake may refer to: Common meanings * Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines * Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct * Rake (poker), the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game ...
, the caster angle of a bicycle or motorcycle *
Rake Rake may refer to: Common meanings * Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines * Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct * Rake (poker), the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game ...
, the difference between the front and rear ride heights of a car *
Rake (train) This article contains a list of jargon used to varying degrees by railway enthusiasts, trainspotters, and railway employees in the United Kingdom, including nicknames for various locomotives and multiple units. Although not exhaustive, many o ...
, a line of coupled passenger coaches, or freight wagons, or railcars (excluding the locomotive) that typically move together


Mathematics and computing

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Rake (angle) Rake describes the angle made by a sloped surface with respect to a horizontal or vertical reference. The usages of this term include: * A motorcycle or bicycle fork rake, the angle at which the forks are angled down towards the ground * Rake an ...
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Rake (cellular automaton) A rake, in the lexicon of cellular automata, is a type of '' puffer train'', which is an automaton that leaves behind a trail of debris. In the case of a rake, however, the debris left behind is a stream of spaceships, which are automata that "trav ...
, a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships *
Rake (software) Rake is a software task management and a build automation tool created by Jim Weirich. It allows the user to specify tasks and to describe dependencies as well as to group tasks into namespaces. It is similar to SCons and Make. Rake was writte ...
, a variant of the ''make'' program coded in the Ruby programming language


Music

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Rake (band) Rake. was an art rock/noise rock musical ensemble from Northern Virginia (near Washington, DC), founded in 1989. Not aligned with the post-punk/hardcore bands more commonly associated with the local underground music scene, Rake. took a more ex ...
, a former American art rock/noise rock musical ensemble *
The Rakes The Rakes were an English post-punk musical ensemble, band formed in London in 2003. Their first album ''Capture/Release'' released in 2005, received a nine out of ten review in the ''NME'' and was rated 13th best album of the year in the same ...
, a former English post-punk band formed in 2003 * "Rake", a track from '' A Sun Came'', the 1999 debut album of Sufjan Stevens


Television

* ''Rake'' (Australian TV series), a 2010–2018 comedy-drama series * ''Rake'' (American TV series), a 2014 adaptation of the Australian series


Place names

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Rake, West Sussex Rogate is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, in the Western Rother valley. The village is on the A272 road west of Midhurst and east of Petersfield, Hampshire. The civil parish includes the villages o ...
, a village in England * Rake Brook, a tributary of the
River Roddlesworth The River Roddlesworth (also known as Rocky Brook) is a river in Lancashire, England, a tributary of the River Darwen. Course The source of the river is on the slopes of Great Hill, just above the ruins known as ''Pimm's'', where the infant riv ...
in Lancashire, England * Rake, Kostel, a settlement in the Kostel municipality in Slovenia * Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States


People

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Rake (surname) Rake is the surname of: * Alan Rake (born 1933), English journalist and writer * Christer Rake (born 1987), Norwegian former professional Road Racing Cyclist * Jeff Rake (born 1966), American television producer and writer * Michael Rake (born 19 ...
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Rake Yohn Edward Webb (born January 20, 1975), known by his stage name Rake Yohn (), is an American television personality and former member of the CKY crew. He was a regular in the ''CKY'' videos and MTV's reality comedy series ''Viva La Bam'' and also ...
, stage name of Edward Webb (born 1975), a member of the CKY and Jackass crews *
Rake (singer) is a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2010. Biography Rake was born in Sendai, Japan. He began an interest in music by playing an antique guitar at his family home, and in high school, was a mem ...
, a Japanese singer-songwriter


Other uses

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Rake (architecture) In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...
, the slope of the roof at the end of a gable *
Rake (theatre) A rake or raked stage is a stage (theatre), theatre stage that slopes upwards, away from the audience. Such a design was typical of English theatre in the Middle Ages and early Modern era, and improves the view and sound for spectators. It also ...
, a theatre stage that slopes upward away from the audience * Another name for the hooker position in rugby league football * A
lock picking Lock picking is the practice of unlocking a Lock (security device), lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key. Although lock-picking can be associated with Intention (criminal law), criminal intent, it ...
technique * The Rake, a fictional creature featured in many
Creepypasta A creepypasta is a horror-related legend which has been shared around the Internet. The term ''creepypasta'' has since become a catch-all term for any horror content posted onto the Internet. These entries are often brief, user-generated, par ...
stories * Raking, a nickname for a
home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the Baseball (ball), ball is hit in such a way that the batting (baseball), batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safe (baseball), safely in one play without any error ( ...


See also

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Rake angle In machining, the rake angle is a parameter used in various cutting processes, describing the angle of the cutting face relative to the workpiece. There are three types of rake angles: ''positive'', ''zero'' or ''neutral'', and ''negative''. ...
, a parameter in machining and cutting geometry *
Mash rake Mash, MASH, or M*A*S*H may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * '' M*A*S*H'', an American media franchise ** '' MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors'' (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital), 1968, by Richard Hooker ** ''M*A*S*H'' (film), 1970 ...
, a tool used in brewing * The Rake of Rivera, a nickname for the Italian tycoon
Gianni Agnelli Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat S.p.A., Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial ...
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Reiki Reiki is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine originating in Japan. Reiki practitioners use a technique called ''palm healing'' or ''hands-on healing'' through which, according to practitioners, a " unive ...
, a form of alternative medicine *
Raking Raking (also called "raking ratio estimation" or "iterative proportional fitting The iterative proportional fitting procedure (IPF or IPFP, also known as biproportional fitting or biproportion in statistics or economics (input-output analysis, et ...
, a weighting method in statistics {{disambig, geo