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