Rake vs. Sweep

Rakenoun

A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting grass or debris, or for loosening soil.

Rakenoun

A lot, plenty.

Rakenoun

A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

Rakenoun

(cellular automata) A puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

Rakenoun

The scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.

Rakenoun

A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

Rakenoun

(mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.

Rakenoun

Slope, divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular.

Rakenoun

(geology) The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.

Rakenoun

(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.

Rakenoun

A man habituated to immoral conduct.

Rakenoun

A course; direction; stretch.

Rakenoun

A range, stray.

Rakeverb

To use a rake on (leaves, debris, soil, a lawn, etc) in order to loosen, gather together, or remove debris from.

Rakeverb

To search thoroughly.

Rakeverb

To spray with gunfire.

Rakeverb

To claw at; to scratch.

Rakeverb

To gather, especially quickly (often as rake in)

Rakeverb

(intransitive) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

Rakeverb

(intransitive) To proceed rapidly; to move swiftly.

Rakeverb

To guide; to direct

Rakeverb

(intransitive) To incline from a perpendicular direction.

Rakeverb

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

Rakeverb

To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

Rakeverb

Of a dog or hawk, to follow the wrong course; to go wide of the game being pursued.

Rakeverb

To run or rove.

Rakenoun

An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, - used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

Rakenoun

A toothed machine drawn by a horse, - used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

Rakenoun

A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; - called also rake-vein.

Rakenoun

The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.

Rakenoun

A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué.

Rakeverb

To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; - often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

Rakeverb

To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

Rakeverb

To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.

Rakeverb

To search through; to scour; to ransack.

Rakeverb

To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.

Rakeverb

To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.

Rakeverb

To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

Rakeverb

To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

Rakeverb

To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

Rakeverb

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

Rakeverb

To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

Rakenoun

a dissolute man in fashionable society

Rakenoun

degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;

Rakenoun

a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

Rakeverb

move through with or as if with a rake;

Rakeverb

level or smooth with a rake;

Rakeverb

sweep the length of;

Rakeverb

examine hastily;

Rakeverb

gather with a rake;

Rakeverb

scrape gently;

Rakenoun

an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.

Rakenoun

an implement similar to a rake used for other purposes, e.g. by a croupier drawing in money at a gaming table.

Rakenoun

an act of raking

Rakenoun

a fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits

Rakenoun

the angle at which a thing slopes

Rakenoun

the angle of the edge or face of a cutting tool.

Rakenoun

a number of railway carriages or wagons coupled together

Rakenoun

a herd of colts.

Rakeverb

draw together with a rake or similar implement

Rakeverb

make (ground) smooth with a rake

Rakeverb

scratch or scrape (something, especially a person's flesh) with a long sweeping movement

Rakeverb

draw or drag (something) through something with a sweeping movement

Rakeverb

sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light

Rakeverb

move across something with a long sweeping movement

Rakeverb

search or rummage through something

Rakeverb

set (something) at a sloping angle

Rakeverb

(of a ship's mast or funnel) incline from the perpendicular towards the stern

Rakeverb

(of a ship's bow or stern) project at its upper part beyond the keel.

Sweepverb

(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Sweepverb

(intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

Sweepverb

(transitive) To search (a place) methodically.

Sweepverb

To travel quickly.

Sweepverb

(cricket) To play a sweep shot.

Sweepverb

(curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.

Sweepverb

To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.

Sweepverb

To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

Sweepverb

To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.

Sweepverb

(transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.

Sweepverb

To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

Sweepverb

To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

Sweepverb

To strike with a long stroke.

Sweepverb

(nautical) To draw or drag something over.

Sweepverb

To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.

Sweepnoun

A single action of sweeping.

Sweepnoun

The person who steers a dragon boat.

Sweepnoun

A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.

Sweepnoun

A chimney sweep.

Sweepnoun

A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).

Sweepnoun

(cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.

Sweepnoun

A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.

Sweepnoun

A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

Sweepnoun

(martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.

Sweepnoun

Violent and general destruction.

Sweepnoun

(metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.

Sweepnoun

(card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.

Sweepnoun

The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

Sweepnoun

Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.

Sweepnoun

A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

Sweepnoun

The almond furnace.

Sweepnoun

A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.

Sweepnoun

Any of the blades of a windmill.

Sweepnoun

(in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

Sweepnoun

Any of several pl=s in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

Sweepnoun

An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.

Sweepverb

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.

Sweepverb

To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.

Sweepverb

To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

Sweepverb

To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

Sweepverb

To strike with a long stroke.

Sweepverb

To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.

Sweepverb

To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.

Sweepverb

To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.

Sweepverb

To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.

Sweepverb

To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.

Sweepnoun

The act of sweeping.

Sweepnoun

The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.

Sweepnoun

The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.

Sweepnoun

The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.

Sweepnoun

Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.

Sweepnoun

Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.

Sweepnoun

Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.

Sweepnoun

One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.

Sweepnoun

A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.

Sweepnoun

The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Sweepnoun

The almond furnace.

Sweepnoun

A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.

Sweepnoun

In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.

Sweepnoun

The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

Sweepnoun

a wide scope;

Sweepnoun

someone who cleans soot from chimneys

Sweepnoun

winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

Sweepnoun

a long oar used in an open boat

Sweepnoun

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

Sweepnoun

a movement in an arc;

Sweepverb

sweep across or over;

Sweepverb

move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions;

Sweepverb

sweep with a broom or as if with a broom;

Sweepverb

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

Sweepverb

to cover or extend over an area or time period;

Sweepverb

clean by sweeping;

Sweepverb

win an overwhelming victory in or on;

Sweepverb

cover the entire range of

Sweepverb

make a big sweeping gesture or movement