Rake
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Rake may refer to:
- Rake (tool)Rake (tool)A rake is a broom for outside; an horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used to collect leaves, hay, grass, etc., and, in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and levelling, removing dead grass from...
, a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines - Rake or hay rakeHay rakeA hay rake is an agricultural rake used to collect cut hay or straw into windrows for later collection . It is also designed to fluff up the hay and turn it over so that it may dry. It is also used in the evening to protect the hay of the dew...
, a farm implement - Rake or castor angle – various fork offset angles in bicycle and motorcycle geometry
- Rake angleRake angleRake angle is a parameter used in various cutting and machining processes, describing the angle of the cutting face relative to the work. There are three types of rake angles: positive, negative, and zero...
, a parameter in machining and cutting geometry - Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships
- Rake (character)Rake (character)A rake, short for rakehell, is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, frequently a heartless womanizer. Often a rake was a man who wasted his fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, incurring lavish debts in the process...
, a man habituated to immoral conduct - Rake (poker)Rake (poker)Rake is the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. It is generally 5 to 10 percent of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount. There are also other non-percentage ways for a casino to take the rake. Some cardrooms will not take a percentage rake...
, the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game - Rake (geology)Rake (geology)In structural geology rake is formally defined as "the angle between a line [or a feature] and the strike line of the plane in which it is found", measured on the plane. The three dimensional orientation of a line can be described with just a plunge and trend. The rake is a useful description of...
, the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line in geology - Rake receiverRake receiverA rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called fingers, that is, several correlators each assigned to a different multipath component...
, a radio receiver - Rake (software)Rake (software)Rake is a software task management tool. It allows you to specify tasks and describe dependencies as well as to group tasks in a namespace.It is similar to SCons and make, but has a number of differences. The tool is written in the Ruby programming language, and the Rakefiles use Ruby syntax...
, a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language - Rake (train), a physical railway train made up of coaches, or a coupled group of coaches
- Rake (theatre)Rake (theatre)English theatre stages in the Middle Ages and early Modern era typically sloped upwards away from the audience. This is known as a rake or raked stage and improves the view for the audience....
- Rake (TV series)Rake (TV series)Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive barrister, a rake...
, an Australian television series - The Rake, a short story about a cryptid named The Rake that mauls people in their sleep, popular amongst Creepypasta readers.
Place names
- Rake, IowaRake, IowaRake is a city in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States. The population was 227 at the 2000 census. Its ZIP Code is 50465.-History:Rake was founded by Arent A...
, a small town in the United States - Rake, West SussexRake, West SussexRake is a linear village in the English county of West Sussex.Historically its importance rose from it being on the main London-Portsmouth road but it has been bypassed for several years. Administratively Rake forms part of the civil parish of Rogate; in turn Rogate forms part of the district of...
, a village in England - Rake, SloveniaRake, SloveniaRake is a small remote settlement in the hills above the left bank of the river Kolpa in the Kostel municipality in southern Slovenia. It no longer has any permanent residents. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical...
, a settlement in the Kostel municipality in Slovenia
People
- Rake YohnRake YohnRake Yohn is a member of the CKY Crew and a regular in the CKY Videos, MTV's Viva La Bam and Jackass.-Life and career:Yohn was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania...
, a member of the CKY and Jackass crews - Rake (singer)Rake (singer)is a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2010.- Biography :Rake was born in Sendai, Japan. He began an interest in music by playing an antique guitar at his family home, and in high school, was a member of a hard rock band...
, a Japanese singer-songwriter - The Rake of Rivera, a nickname for the Italian tycoon Gianni AgnelliGianni AgnelliGiovanni Agnelli , better known as Gianni Agnelli , was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research...
Other uses
- A Rake's ProgressA Rake's ProgressA Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–33 then engraved and published in print form in 1735...
, a series of illustrations by William Hogarth - The Rake's ProgressThe Rake's ProgressThe Rake's Progress is an opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on May 2, 1947, in a Chicago...
, an English opera by Igor Stravinsky, based on Hogarth's illustrations - The RakeThe RakeDescribed as "The Modern Voice of Classic Elegance", The Rake is a bimonthly men's style and artisanal luxury publication that is launched in December 2008 and published by Revolution Press International....
, a classical menswear magazine published out of Singapore - Rake (band)Rake (band)Rake was an art rock/noise rock musical ensemble from Northern Virginia , founded in 1989. Not aligned with the post-punk/hardcore bands more commonly associated with the local underground music scene, Rake took a more experimental route and were more closely associated with fellow Virginia-based...
, a noise rock/avant-garde musical ensemble from Northern Virginia, USA - Raking fireRaking fireIn naval warfare, raking fire is fire directed parallel to the long axis of an enemy ship. Although each shot is directed against a smaller target profile than by shooting broadside and thus more likely to miss the target ship to one side or the other, an individual cannon shot that hits will pass...
, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare - The slope of the roof at the end of a gableGableA gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...
- A guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
-playing method involving muted notes - Raking, a lock pickingLock pickingLock picking is the art of unlocking a lock by analyzing and manipulating the components of the lock device, without the original key. Although lock picking can be associated with criminal intent, it is an essential skill for a locksmith...
technique in which a lock pick is slid outwards from the back of a lock to push its pins up - The artificial slope of a stage (theatre)Stage (theatre)In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...