kratta — meaning in English
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English meaning
- rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
Senses
kratta is used for these senses in English:
- rake (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.
- 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.
- rake To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
rake — full definition
- noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
- verb To gather, smooth, or clear something using a rake or a similar sweeping motion.
- verb To fire a weapon in a sweeping motion along the length of a target.
- noun A backward slant, especially of a ship's mast or funnel, or of a theatre stage or seating.
- noun A man who lives a reckless, self-indulgent, and often promiscuous lifestyle.