dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/rak_MW.json
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{
"Rakahanga":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"island (atoll) of the Northern Cook Islands in the south central Pacific":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02c8h\u00e4\u014b-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062103",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"rake":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dissolute person : libertine":[],
": a machine for gathering hay":[],
": an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground":[],
": an implement like a rake":[],
": inclination from the horizontal : slope":[],
": scratch , scrape":[],
": the angle between the top cutting surface of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work":[],
": to censure severely":[],
": to gain rapidly or in abundance":[
"\u2014 usually used with in rake in a fortune"
],
": to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake":[
"rake leaves into a pile"
],
": to glance over rapidly":[],
": to incline from the perpendicular":[],
": to search through : ransack":[],
": to sweep the length of especially with gunfire : enfilade":[],
": to touch in passing over lightly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1687, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1691, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English racu ; akin to Old High German rehho rake":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun",
"short for rakehell":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095349",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rake angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": rake entry 6 sense 3":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095415",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rake in":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to earn or receive (a large amount of money)":[
"The movie raked in over $300 million."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230420",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"rake it in":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to earn a lot of money":[
"The owners of that restaurant must be really raking it in ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233359",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"rake over":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to continue to think or talk about (something that happened in the past)":[
"Don't spend so much time raking over the past."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214338",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"rake's progress":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a reckless course : a steady deterioration":[
"while a painful policy of deflation is being pursued in some countries, the inflationary rake's progress is going merrily on",
"\u2014 Irish Statesman"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from The Rake's Progress (1735), series of engravings by William Hogarth \u20201764 English artist":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195212",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rake-off":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a percentage or cut taken (as by an operator)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"rake off , verb; from the use of a rake by a croupier to collect the operator's profits in a gambling casino":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101k-\u02cc\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031118",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raked":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dissolute person : libertine":[],
": a machine for gathering hay":[],
": an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground":[],
": an implement like a rake":[],
": inclination from the horizontal : slope":[],
": scratch , scrape":[],
": the angle between the top cutting surface of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the work":[],
": to censure severely":[],
": to gain rapidly or in abundance":[
"\u2014 usually used with in rake in a fortune"
],
": to gather, loosen, or smooth with or as if with a rake":[
"rake leaves into a pile"
],
": to glance over rapidly":[],
": to incline from the perpendicular":[],
": to search through : ransack":[],
": to sweep the length of especially with gunfire : enfilade":[],
": to touch in passing over lightly":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1687, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1691, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English racu ; akin to Old High German rehho rake":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun",
"short for rakehell":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090012",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"raked joint":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a masonry joint from which the mortar is raked out to a specified depth while still green":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from past participle of rake entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014625",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rakehell":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": libertine sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"a resort popular with wealthy rakehells and the women who love their money"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1560, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101k-\u02cchel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165556",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rakehellish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": rakehell":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-lish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200705",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rakehelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": libertine sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"a resort popular with wealthy rakehells and the women who love their money"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1560, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101k-\u02cchel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175108",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rakeman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rackman who uses a rake":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"rake entry 1 + man":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193755",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raker tooth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an unset sawtooth that cleans out the bottom of a cut":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073240",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rakery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": debauchery , lewdness":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"rake entry 7 + -ery":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101k(\u0259)r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114012",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rakish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": dashingly or carelessly unconventional : jaunty":[
"rakish clothes"
],
": having a trim or streamlined appearance suggestive of speed":[
"a rakish ship"
],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1696, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from rake entry 4 ; from the raking masts of pirate ships":"Adjective",
"rake entry 5":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-kish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070720",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rakishness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being rakish":[]
},
"examples":[
"the legendary rakishness of the oil baron's overprivileged and underbred son",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mr. Ellis was born in Wales, and the creators of this incoherent mess apparently hope that his accent will convey rakishness and arch sophistication. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 24 Jan. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1737, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-kish-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abjection",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"decadency",
"degeneracy",
"degenerateness",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"demoralization",
"depravity",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"turpitude"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174601",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rakish angle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an attractive way that something is tipped to one side":[
"He wore his hat at a rakish angle ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034226"
},
"rakishly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in a rakish manner":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-kish-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hours, minutes and seconds are displayed in three sub-dials which, along with visible gears and cogs, make up a cluster of various-sized, rakishly off-kilter spheres on a dial that is domed gently by a layer of sapphire crystal. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Though not rakishly streamlined like Concorde, there was an air of glamor to these machines, which would whisk you to the continent in 35 minutes and serve you a drink en route. \u2014 CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Rios has his own head full of bad memories, chewing rakishly on the stub of a cigar while flying into peril. \u2014 Laurence Scott, Wired , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Televisions hung from wall units on the calling-room floor; Adam Driver smiled rakishly on one, and the Pistons and the Cavaliers played basketball on another. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2017",
"And finally, who is this rakishly handsome devil being interviewed by Shane"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1700, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113556"
}
}