Rake
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Rake may refer to:
- Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct
- Rake (theatre), the artificial slope of a theatre stage
Science and technology
- Rake receiver, a radio receiver
- Rake (geology), the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line in geology
Tools
- Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines
- Fire rake, a heavy-duty variant of the “normal” rake, used for fire prevention
- Rake or hay rake, a farm implement
- Rake angle, a parameter in machining and cutting geometry
- Mash rake, a tool used in brewing
Transport
- Rake, the caster angle of a bicycle or motorcycle
- Rake, the difference between the front and rear ride heights of a car
- Rake (train), a line of coupled passenger coaches, or freight wagons, or railcars (excluding the locomotive) that typically move together
Mathematics and computing
- Rake (angle), mathematical definition
- Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships
- Rake (poker), the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game
- Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language
Arts
Architecture
- Rake (architecture), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable
Television
- Rake (Australian TV series), an Australian television series that commenced airing in 2010
- Rake (U.S. TV series), an American adaptation of the Australian series of the same name that commenced airing in 2014
Place names
- Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States
- Rake, West Sussex, a village in England
- Rake, Kostel, a settlement in the Kostel municipality in Slovenia
People
- Rake Yohn, a member of the CKY and Jackass crews
- Rake (singer), a Japanese singer-songwriter
- The Rake of Rivera, a nickname for the Italian tycoon Gianni Agnelli
Other uses
- Raking fire, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare
- Another name for the Hooker position in rugby league football
- A lock picking technique in which a lock pick is slid outwards from the back of a lock to push its pins up
- The Rake, a fictional creature featured in many Creepypasta stories
- Raking, a nickname for a home run
See also
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