Rake vs Plough - What's the difference?
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A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.
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(lb) The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.
(lb) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
(lb) A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
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(lb) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
The scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
(lb) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.
To search thoroughly.
* Dryden
* Jonathan Swift
To spray with gunfire.
To claw at; to scratch.
* Wordsworth
To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)
To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
* Sir Philip Sidney
To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.
(obsolete) To guide; to direct
To incline from a perpendicular direction.
A man habituated to immoral conduct.
(UK, dialect, dated) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.
(UK, dialect, dated) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
(provincial, Northern England) a course; direction; stretch.
(provincial, Northern England, for animals) a range, stray.
(provincial, Northern England) To run or rove.
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
An alternative name for Ursa Major or the Great Bear.
A carucate of land; a ploughland.
* Tale of Gamelyn
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
To use a plough.
(vulgar) To have sex with.
To move with force.
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To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
In intransitive terms the difference between rake and plough
is that rake is to incline from a perpendicular direction while plough is to use a plough.As nouns the difference between rake and plough
is that rake is a garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil while plough is a device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.As verbs the difference between rake and plough
is that rake is to use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from while plough is to use a plough on to prepare for planting.As a proper noun Plough is
the common name for the brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major.rake
English
{, style="float: right; clear:right;" , , , }Etymology 1
(etyl) raca, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (rail transport)Derived terms
* thin as a rakeVerb
(rak)- We raked all the leaves into a pile
- Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine
- raking in Chaucer for antiquated words
- The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
- the enemy machine guns raked the roadway
- Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.
- like clouds that rake the mountain summits
- The casino is just raking in the cash; it's like a license to print money.
- Pas could not stay, but over him did rake .
Synonyms
* (search thoroughly) comb, go over or through with a fine-tooth comb, scourEtymology 2
From (etyl) raken, from (etyl) .Verb
(rak)- A mast rakes aft.
Etymology 3
Shortening of rakehell, possibly fromNoun
(en noun)- We now have rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of Rakes. — the Spectator
Synonyms
*Verb
(rak)- (Shenstone)
Etymology 4
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- a sheep-raik'' = a ''sheep-walk
Verb
(rak)References
*Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----plough
English
(wikipedia plough)Alternative forms
* (US) plowNoun
(en noun)- The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.
- Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
Usage notes
The spelling (m) is usual in the United States, but the spelling plough may be found in literary or historical contexts there.Derived terms
* moldboard plow * ploughman * ploughshare * snowplough * sodbuster ploughVerb
(en verb)- I've still got to plough that field.
- Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.
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- Let patient Octavia plough thy visage up / With her prepared nails.
- With speed we plough the watery way.
