Definitions of rake:

• noun:   a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
• noun:   a dissolute man in fashionable society
• noun:   degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
• verb:   move through with or as if with a rake

  Example: "She raked her fingers through her hair"

• verb:   sweep the length of

  Example: "The gunfire raked the coast"

• verb:   gather with a rake

  Example: "Rake leaves"

• verb:   level or smooth with a rake

  Example: "Rake gravel"

• verb:   examine hastily
• verb:   scrape gently
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12970)