Rake vs Dip - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between rake and dip

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 dip is .

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

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Etymology 1

(etyl) raca, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.

*: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.

(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.

(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.

Synonyms

* (rail transport)

Derived terms

* thin as a rake

Verb

(rak)

To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.

We raked all the leaves into a pile

To search thoroughly.

Detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for clews. -- Captain John Blaine

* Dryden

raking in Chaucer for antiquated words

* Jonathan Swift

The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.

To spray with gunfire.

the enemy machine guns raked the roadway

To claw at; to scratch.

Her sharp fingernails raked the side of my face.

* Wordsworth

like clouds that rake the mountain summits

To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)

The casino is just raking in the cash; it's like a license to print money.

To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

* Sir Philip Sidney

Pas could not stay, but over him did rake .

Synonyms

* (search thoroughly) comb, go over or through with a fine-tooth comb, scour

Etymology 2

From (etyl) raken, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Slope, divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular

Verb

(rak)

To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.

(obsolete) To guide; to direct

To incline from a perpendicular direction.

A mast rakes aft.

Etymology 3

Shortening of rakehell, possibly from

Noun

(en noun)

A man habituated to immoral conduct.

We now have rakes in the habit of Roman senators, and grave politicians in the dress of Rakes. — the Spectator

Synonyms

Verb

(rak)

(UK, dialect, dated) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

(UK, dialect, dated) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

(Shenstone)

Etymology 4

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)

(provincial, Northern England) a course; direction; stretch.

(provincial, Northern England, for animals) a range, stray.

a sheep-raik'' = a ''sheep-walk

Verb

(rak)

(provincial, Northern England) To run or rove.

References

Anagrams

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dip

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dippen, from (etyl) dyppan, from (etyl) , Dutch dopen, German taufen.

Noun

(en noun)

A lower section of a road or geological feature.

There is a dip in the road ahead.

Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

* Glover

the dip of oars in unison

A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.

A dip stick.

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

I'm going for a dip before breakfast.

(colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.

* 1906 , Fred L. Boalt, " The Snitcher", McClure's Magazine v.26, p.633

The Moocher was a "dip " in a dilettante sort of way, and his particular graft was boarding street-cars with his papers and grabbing women's pocket-books.

A sauce for dipping.

This onion dip is just scrumptious.

(geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.

(archaic) A dipped candle.

(Marryat)

Derived terms

* lucky dip

Verb

(dipp)

To lower into a liquid.

Dip your biscuit into your tea .

* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21

He dipped the end of a towel in cold water and with it began to flick him on the face, his wife all the while holding her face between her hands and sobbing in a way that was heart breaking to hear.

To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

* Coleridge

The sun's rim dips ; the stars rush out.

(of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.

To lower a light's beam.

Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.

To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”

To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.

The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.

To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.

To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.

To immerse for baptism.

(Fuller)

* Charles Wheatly, A rational illustration of the Book of Common Prayer

during the reigns of King James and King Charles I, there were but very few children dipped in the font.

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

* Milton

A cold shuddering dew / Dips me all o'er.

To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

* Dryden

He was dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.

To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out .

to dip''' water from a boiler; to '''dip out water

To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.

* L'Estrange

Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.

To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

* Dryden

Live on the use and never dip thy lands.

To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.

To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.

Strata of rock dip .

Derived terms

* dipper * you don't dip your pen in company ink

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

A foolish person.

Anagrams

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