rake

reik 1. noun

1) (a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.) rive, rake

2) (any similar tool: a croupier's rake in a casino.) rive, rake

3) (the act of raking: to give the soil a rake.) raking

2. verb

1) (to smooth or gather with a rake: I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later.) rake

2) ((often with out) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc.) kare

3) (to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other: The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire.) bestryke, holde under ild

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- rake through

- rake up

rive

I

subst. \/reɪk\/

1) (redskap) rive, rake

• thin as a rake

tynn som et riveskaft

2) (om vinkel e.l.) helling, skråning, reisning (sjøfart), fall (sjøfart), fremspring, vingespissvinkel (på fly)

• the rake of a mast

• the rake of a ship's bow

3) (mekanikk) sponvinkel

II

subst. \/reɪk\/ eller rakehell

libertiner, uthaler, vellysting

a rake's progress (om et utsvevende liv) et gradvis forfall

III

verb \/reɪk\/

1) rake, rake i

2) samle (sammen), skrape (sammen), håve inn

3) lete i, gjennomrote, gjennomsøke

• rake one's memory

lete i hukommelsen

4) fare over (med blikket), granske

• she raked him with a swift glance

hun lot blikket gli (granskende) over ham

5) skrape over, sneie ved

6) (militærvesen) enfilere, beskyte langskips, bestryke, flankere

• rake a ship

7) (studere terrengsystematikk) avsøke, granske

• he raked the whole area with his binoculars

8) helle, skråne, lene seg (bakover)

rake about\/among something rote i noe

rake and scrape kare til seg, sope inn

rake in sope inn

• they raked in a lot of money

rake out rake ut

• rake out the fire

rake ut asken

lete frem

rake (over) søke\/rote gjennom

• rake (over) the apartment for the stolen goods

rake through\/over lete\/gå gjennom

• rake through\/over old manuscripts

lete gjennom gamle manuskripter

rake together\/up rake sammen, skrape sammen (også overført)

• rake together\/up a bit of cash

rake up rote opp i, rippe opp i

• rake up the past

rote opp i fortiden