'Raking' definitions:
Definition of 'Raking'
From: GCIDE
- Rake \Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raked (r[=a]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Raking.] [AS. racian. See 1st Rake.]
- 1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To search through; to scour; to ransack. [1913 Webster]
- The statesman rakes the town to find a plot. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does. [1913 Webster]
- Like clouds that rake the mountain summits. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck. [1913 Webster]
- To rake up. (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and cover with ashes. (b) To bring up; to search out and bring to notice again; as, to rake up old scandals. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Raking'
From: GCIDE
- Raking \Rak"ing\ (r[=a]k"[i^]ng), n.
- 1. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake. [1913 Webster]