Rake vs Book - 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 collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
A major division of a long work.
A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
The script of a musical.
(usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
(legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
(poker slang) four of a kindWeisenberg, Michael (2000) [http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp The Official Dictionary of Poker]. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
(sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
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To reserve (something) for future use.
To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
(law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
(sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
(slang) To travel very fast.
To record bets as bookmaker.
(law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
(slang) To leave.
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1000 English basic words
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As nouns the difference between rake and book
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 book is book.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
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{, 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
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* English terms with multiple etymologies ----book
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(wikipedia book)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates)Cognate with (etyl) (m), . The sense development of beech'' to ''book'' is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.J.P. Mallory, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.Noun
(en noun)- She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
- He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book .
- I have three copies of his first book .
- Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
- Many readers find the first book of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' to be confusing.
- I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
- a book of stamps
- a book of raffle tickets
Synonyms
* (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) tome (especially a large book) * booklet * tome, volume * (script of a musical) libretto * (records of the accounts of a business) accounts, recordsDerived terms
* address book * audiobook * book account * book agent * book-answerer * book award * book-bearer * bookbinder * book-board * book-bosomed * book-bound * book-boy * book-burning * book canvasser * bookcase * book-cloth * book club * book concern * book-crab * book-credit * book-debt * book-edge gilder * book-edge marbler * book end, bookend * bookery * booketeria * book-farmer * book-folder * book-form * bookful * book-ghoul * book-gill * book hand * book-holder * bookhood * book-house * book-hunt * bookie * bookish * bookism * bookjacket * bookkeeper * bookkeeping * book-label * book-lare * book-law * book-lear * book-learned * book-learning * book-length * bookless * booklet * booklike * bookling * booklore * booklouse * book lung * bookly * bookmaker * bookmaking * bookman * bookmark, bookmarker * book match * book-mate * book-mindedness * book mite * bookmobile * book-muslin * book name * book-number * book-oath * book of first entry * book of original entry * Book of the Dead * book of the film * Book of God * book of lading * book of life * book of rates * book of reference * book of the living * book of words * book-packet * book piles * bookplate * book pocket * book-post * book-postage * book-press * book price * book prop * book-rate * book-read * bookrest * book-scorpion * bookseller * bookselling * bookshelf * bookshop * book-shy * booksie, booksy * book-slide * book-society * book-stack * bookstall * book-stamp * bookstand * bookstore * book support * booksy * book-table * book token * book trade * book-tray * book-trough * book type * book value * bookwards * book-ways * bookwise * bookwork * book-world * bookworm * book-wright * booky * bring to book * burn book * by the book * casebook * closed book * close the books * coffee-table book * comic book * cookbook * cookery book * cook the books * copybook * coursebook * e-book * exercise book * the Good Book * guidebook * handbook * hymn book * in anyone's book * in my book * in someone's bad books * in someone's good books * in the books * know like a book * logbook * make book * matchbook * notebook * off the books * on the books * open book * passbook * pension book * phrasebook * pocket-book, pocketbook * prayer book * ration book * reading book * read like a book * reference book * rough book * scrapbook * sketch book * songbook * storybook * suit one's book * take a leaf out of someone's book * talk like a book * textbook * throw the book at * without book * wordbook * workbook * yearbookSee also
* incunable * scroll * tome * volumeVerb
(en verb)- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can book tickets for the concert next week.
- They booked that message from the hill
- The police booked him for driving too fast.
- He was really booking , until he passed the speed trap.
- The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
- He was here earlier, but he booked .