Rake vs Big - 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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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake -handle served as a shaft.
A lot, plenty.
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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.
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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.
Of great size, large.
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*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line,, with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.
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Popular.
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(lb) Adult.
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*:By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
(lb) Fat.
(lb) Important or significant.
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*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
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(lb) Mature, conscientious, principled.
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(lb) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
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Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
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*(and other bibliographic details) (Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
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In a loud manner.
In a boasting manner.
In a large amount or to a large extent.
On a large scale, expansively
Hard.
An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
(as plural) The big leagues, big time.
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To praise or recommend
to inhabit; occupy
to locate one's self
to build; erect; fashion
to dwell; have a dwelling
One or more kinds of barley, especially (six-rowed barley).
As nouns the difference between rake and big
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 or rake can be slope, divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular or rake can be a man habituated to immoral conduct or rake can be (provincial|northern england) a course; direction; stretch while big is a biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.As a verb rake
is to use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from or rake can be to proceed rapidly; to move swiftly or rake can be (uk|dialect|dated) to walk about; to gad or ramble idly or rake can be (provincial|northern england) to run or rove.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 ----big
English
Etymology 1
From a northern (etyl) dialectal term (m), .Adjective
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Norwich 3-3 Blackburn, passage=It proved a big miss as Hoilett produced a sublime finish into the top corner of the net from 20 yards after evading a couple of challenges in first-half stoppage time.}}
Synonyms
* (of a great size) ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive * (adult) adult, fully grown, grown up * See alsoAntonyms
* (of a great size) little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute * (adult) little, youngDerived terms
* Big Apple * big-ass * big baby * big band * Big Bang * big bath * big beat * Big Ben * Big Bertha * big blind * big bluestem * Big Board * big-boned * big box * big boy/big boys * big break * big brother * Big Brother * big bucks * big business * big C * big cat * big cheese * Big Crunch * Big D * big daddy * big deal * Big Dipper * Big Easy * big enchilada * big end * big fat/big-fat/big phat * big figure * big fish * big fly * Big Four * big game * biggie, no biggie * big girl's blouse * big government * big gun * big H/Big H * big hair * big hand * big head/big-head * big-headed * big-hearted * big house * big idea * big if * big iron * Big Island * big kid * big labor * big-league * big lick * big lie * big lug * big kahuna * Big Mac * big money * big mouth * Big Muddy * big name / big-name * bigness * big O * big O notation * big old/big ole * big one/the big one * big pharma * big picture * Big Q * big rig * Big Rip * big science * big screen * big shagbank * big shot * big shoulder * big six/the big six * Big Six * big sleep * big slick * Big Smoke * big spender * big spring * big stick * Big Sur * big talk * big tent * Big Three * big-ticket * big time/big-time/bigtime * big toe * big top/big-top * big tree * Big Uglies * big up * big wheel * big whoop * big wig/big-wig/bigwig * big-wigged * big wow * great big * hit it big * make it big * /Mr Big/Mister Big * the bigs * too big for one's boots * too big to failAdverb
(bigger)- He's always talking big , but he never delivers.
- He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.