Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rake off sb
Participle: raked off sb
Gerund: raking off sb
Indicative
Present
| I | rake off sb |
| you | rake off sb |
| he;she;it | rakes off sb |
| we | rake off sb |
| you | rake off sb |
| they | rake off sb |
Perfect
| I | have raked off sb |
| you | have raked off sb |
| he;she;it | has raked off sb |
| we | have raked off sb |
| you | have raked off sb |
| they | have raked off sb |
Past
| I | raked off sb |
| you | raked off sb |
| he;she;it | raked off sb |
| we | raked off sb |
| you | raked off sb |
| they | raked off sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had raked off sb |
| you | had raked off sb |
| he;she;it | had raked off sb |
| we | had raked off sb |
| you | had raked off sb |
| they | had raked off sb |
Future
| I | will rake off sb |
| you | will rake off sb |
| he;she;it | will rake off sb |
| we | will rake off sb |
| you | will rake off sb |
| they | will rake off sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have raked off sb |
| you | will have raked off sb |
| he;she;it | will have raked off sb |
| we | will have raked off sb |
| you | will have raked off sb |
| they | will have raked off sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rake off sb |
| you | rake off sb |
| he;she;it | rake off sb |
| we | rake off sb |
| you | rake off sb |
| they | rake off sb |
Perfect
| I | have raked off sb |
| you | have raked off sb |
| he;she;it | have raked off sb |
| we | have raked off sb |
| you | have raked off sb |
| they | have raked off sb |
Imperfect
| I | raked off sb |
| you | raked off sb |
| he;she;it | raked off sb |
| we | raked off sb |
| you | raked off sb |
| they | raked off sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had raked off sb |
| you | had raked off sb |
| he;she;it | had raked off sb |
| we | had raked off sb |
| you | had raked off sb |
| they | had raked off sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rake off sb |
| you | would rake off sb |
| he;she;it | would rake off sb |
| we | would rake off sb |
| you | would rake off sb |
| they | would rake off sb |
Perfect
| I | would have raked off sb |
| you | would have raked off sb |
| he;she;it | would have raked off sb |
| we | would have raked off sb |
| you | would have raked off sb |
| they | would have raked off sb |
Imperative
| you | rake off sb |
| we | Let's rake off sb |
| you | rake off sb |
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)