Rake vs Lean - 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.
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to'', ''toward , etc.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on'', ''upon'', or ''against .
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To press against.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
(of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
(of meat) having little fat.
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
(printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
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Rake is a related term of lean.
As a noun 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.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.As a proper noun lean is
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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 ----lean
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.Verb
- They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
- He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
- His fainting limbs against an oak he leant .
Derived terms
* lean back * leaning * lean on * lean-toEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a lean''' budget; a '''lean harvest
- lean copy, matter, or type
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)citation, passage=He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose. }}
citation, passage=Even the Pilot's Operating Handbooks (POH) for our training airplanes add to our paranoia with their insistence that we not lean the mixture until we're above 5000 feet density altitude. }}