Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rake in sth
Participle: raked in sth
Gerund: raking in sth
Indicative
Present
| I | rake in sth |
| you | rake in sth |
| he;she;it | rakes in sth |
| we | rake in sth |
| you | rake in sth |
| they | rake in sth |
Perfect
| I | have raked in sth |
| you | have raked in sth |
| he;she;it | has raked in sth |
| we | have raked in sth |
| you | have raked in sth |
| they | have raked in sth |
Past
| I | raked in sth |
| you | raked in sth |
| he;she;it | raked in sth |
| we | raked in sth |
| you | raked in sth |
| they | raked in sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had raked in sth |
| you | had raked in sth |
| he;she;it | had raked in sth |
| we | had raked in sth |
| you | had raked in sth |
| they | had raked in sth |
Future
| I | will rake in sth |
| you | will rake in sth |
| he;she;it | will rake in sth |
| we | will rake in sth |
| you | will rake in sth |
| they | will rake in sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have raked in sth |
| you | will have raked in sth |
| he;she;it | will have raked in sth |
| we | will have raked in sth |
| you | will have raked in sth |
| they | will have raked in sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rake in sth |
| you | rake in sth |
| he;she;it | rake in sth |
| we | rake in sth |
| you | rake in sth |
| they | rake in sth |
Perfect
| I | have raked in sth |
| you | have raked in sth |
| he;she;it | have raked in sth |
| we | have raked in sth |
| you | have raked in sth |
| they | have raked in sth |
Imperfect
| I | raked in sth |
| you | raked in sth |
| he;she;it | raked in sth |
| we | raked in sth |
| you | raked in sth |
| they | raked in sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had raked in sth |
| you | had raked in sth |
| he;she;it | had raked in sth |
| we | had raked in sth |
| you | had raked in sth |
| they | had raked in sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rake in sth |
| you | would rake in sth |
| he;she;it | would rake in sth |
| we | would rake in sth |
| you | would rake in sth |
| they | would rake in sth |
Perfect
| I | would have raked in sth |
| you | would have raked in sth |
| he;she;it | would have raked in sth |
| we | would have raked in sth |
| you | would have raked in sth |
| they | would have raked in sth |
Imperative
| you | rake in sth |
| we | Let's rake in sth |
| you | rake in sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'rake'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rake'
bake,
brake,
cake,
crake,
fake,
hake,
jake,
lake,
make,
nake,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to act in a lewd and lascivious manner
- blissom, chamber, colt, gill, harlot, harlotize, minx, rig, slut, trollop, wanton, wantonize
- scrape
- level, dig, spade, clean, clear, collect, gather, scratch
- strafe
- shoot, machine-gun, rummage, ransack, search, scour, blister
Additional Information
Etymology
1. The verb is partly derived from rake (“tool with a row of pointed teeth”) (see etymology 1) and from Middle English raken (“to rake; to gather by raking; to rake away (debris); to cover with something; (figurative) to conceal, hide; to destroy”) [and other forms], from Old Norse raka (“to scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *raką, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself”).
2. Cognates
3. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch rāken (modern Dutch raken (“to rake”) (regional)), Middle Low German rāken, Old Danish raghæ, rakæ (modern Danish rage (“to shave”)), Old Swedish raka (modern Swedish raka (“to rake; to shave”)).
4. The noun is derived from the verb. See: Middle English '
raken', Dutch '
raken', Danish '
rage', Swedish '
raka'.
Verbs referencing "rake"
Danish
rage, Norwegian, nynorsk
raka.
Sample Sentences
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[...] two and selling everything. Either they must go, or _all_ must. Haley has come into possession of a mortgage, which, if I don't clear off with him directly, will take everything before it. I 've raked, and scraped, and borrowed, and all but begged,—and the price of these two was needed to make up the balance, and I had to give them up. Haley fancied the child; he agreed to settle the matter that [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)