rastrellare — meaning in English

English meaning

• crawl verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
• rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
• scour verb To clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard, often with an abrasive.

Senses

rastrellare is used for these senses in English:

• crawl (transitive, internet) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
• rake To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
• rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To search through (thoroughly).
• rake (ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
• scour (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

crawl — full definition

1. verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
2. verb To move or progress very slowly.
3. verb For a computer program to automatically visit and index web pages.
4. noun A very slow pace, or a tour of several bars in one night ("bar crawl").

rake — full definition

1. noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
2. verb To gather, smooth, or clear something using a rake or a similar sweeping motion.
3. verb To fire a weapon in a sweeping motion along the length of a target.
4. noun A backward slant, especially of a ship's mast or funnel, or of a theatre stage or seating.
5. noun A man who lives a reckless, self-indulgent, and often promiscuous lifestyle.

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