rake in Japanese
rake in Japanese is 熊手 — rake means a garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
rake in Japanese
熊手
Pronounced: kumade
(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
What does "rake" mean?
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noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
"He leaned the rake against the shed after clearing the leaves."
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verb To gather, smooth, or clear something using a rake or a similar sweeping motion.
"She spent the afternoon raking the fallen leaves into piles."
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verb To fire a weapon in a sweeping motion along the length of a target.
"Machine-gun fire raked the length of the trench."
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noun A backward slant, especially of a ship's mast or funnel, or of a theatre stage or seating.
"The stage had a slight rake so the back rows could see clearly."
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rake in a sentence
- He leaned the rake against the shed after clearing the leaves.
- She spent the afternoon raking the fallen leaves into piles.
- Investigators raked through old files looking for evidence.
- Machine-gun fire raked the length of the trench.
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What is "rake" in Japanese?
"rake" in Japanese is 熊手. rake means: A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
How do you pronounce 熊手?
"rake" in Japanese is 熊手, pronounced "kumade".
How do you use "rake" in a sentence?
Example: "He leaned the rake against the shed after clearing the leaves." In Japanese, "rake" is 熊手.
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