Rake may refer to:

Common meanings

Rake (tool) A rake (Old English ''raca'', cognate with Dutch ''hark'', German ''Rechen'', from the root meaning "to scrape together", "heap up") is a broom for outside use; a versatile horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transver ...

, a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines *

Rake (stock character) In a historical context, a rake (short for rakehell, analogous to " hellraiser") was a man who was habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanizing. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, ...

, a man habituated to immoral conduct *

Rake (poker) Rake is the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. It is generally 2.5% to 10% of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount. There are also other non-percentage ways for a casino to take the rake. ...

, the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game *

Raking fire In naval warfare during the Age of Sail, raking fire was Naval artillery in the Age of Sail, cannon fire directed parallel to the long axis of an enemy ship from ahead (in front of the ship) or astern (behind the ship). Although each shot was d ...

, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare

Science and technology

Rake receiver A rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called ''fingers'', that is, several correlators each assigned to a different multipath component. Each finger ...

, a radio receiver * Rake (geology), the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line in geology

Transport

Rake Rake may refer to: Common meanings * Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines * Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct * Rake (poker), the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game ...

, the caster angle of a bicycle or motorcycle *

, the difference between the front and rear ride heights of a car *

Rake (train) This article contains a list of jargon used to varying degrees by railway enthusiasts, trainspotters, and railway employees in the United Kingdom, including nicknames for various locomotives and multiple units. Although not exhaustive, many o ...

, a line of coupled passenger coaches, or freight wagons, or railcars (excluding the locomotive) that typically move together

Mathematics and computing

Rake (angle) Rake describes the angle made by a sloped surface with respect to a horizontal or vertical reference. The usages of this term include: * A motorcycle or bicycle fork rake, the angle at which the forks are angled down towards the ground * Rake an ...

, a mathematical definition * Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships *

Rake (software) Rake is a software task management and a build automation tool created by Jim Weirich. It allows the user to specify tasks and to describe dependencies as well as to group tasks into namespaces. It is similar to SCons and Make. Rake was writte ...

, a variant of the ''make'' program coded in the Ruby programming language

Music

Rake (band) Rake. was an art rock/noise rock musical ensemble from Northern Virginia (near Washington, DC), founded in 1989. Not aligned with the post-punk/hardcore bands more commonly associated with the local underground music scene, Rake. took a more ex ...

, a former American art rock/noise rock musical ensemble *

The Rakes The Rakes were an English post-punk musical ensemble, band formed in London in 2003. Their first album ''Capture/Release'' released in 2005, received a nine out of ten review in the ''NME'' and was rated 13th best album of the year in the same ...

, a former English post-punk band formed in 2003 * "Rake", a track from '' A Sun Came'', the 1999 debut album of Sufjan Stevens

Television

* ''Rake'' (Australian TV series), a 2010–2018 comedy-drama series * ''Rake'' (American TV series), a 2014 adaptation of the Australian series

Place names

Rake, West Sussex Rogate is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, in the Western Rother valley. The village is on the A272 road west of Midhurst and east of Petersfield, Hampshire. The civil parish includes the villages o ...

, a village in England * Rake Brook, a tributary of the River Roddlesworth in Lancashire, England * Rake, Kostel, a settlement in the Kostel municipality in Slovenia * Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States

People

* Rake (surname) *

Rake Yohn Edward Webb (born January 20, 1975), known by his stage name Rake Yohn (), is an American television personality and former member of the CKY crew. He was a regular in the ''CKY'' videos and MTV's reality comedy series ''Viva La Bam'' and also ...

, stage name of Edward Webb (born 1975), a member of the CKY and Jackass crews * Rake (singer), a Japanese singer-songwriter

Other uses

* Rake (architecture), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable *

Rake (theatre) A rake or raked stage is a stage (theatre), theatre stage that slopes upwards, away from the audience. Such a design was typical of English theatre in the Middle Ages and early Modern era, and improves the view and sound for spectators. It also ...

, a theatre stage that slopes upward away from the audience * Another name for the hooker position in rugby league football * A

lock picking Lock picking is the practice of unlocking a Lock (security device), lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key. Although lock-picking can be associated with Intention (criminal law), criminal intent, it ...

technique * The Rake, a fictional creature featured in many Creepypasta stories * Raking, a nickname for a

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the Baseball (ball), ball is hit in such a way that the batting (baseball), batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safe (baseball), safely in one play without any error ( ...