Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Rakin.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Rakin and, of course, Rakin synonyms and on the right images related to the word Rakin.
No result for Rakin. Showing similar results...
OverrakingOverrake O`ver*rake", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overraked; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overraking.] (Naut.)
To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that
break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea. -rakingMuckrake Muck"rake`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. -raked; p. pr. &
vb. n. -raking.]
To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption,
real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations.
On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on
``The Man with the Muck Rake,' in which he deprecated
sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men
and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and
the verb to RakingRake Rake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Raking.] [AS. racian. See 1st Rake.]
1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;
as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
2. Hence: 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.
3. 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.
4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.
The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
--Swift.
5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and
lightly, as a rake does.
Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.
--Wordsworth.
6. (Mil.) 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.
To rake up.
(a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and
cover with ashes.
(b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again;
as, to rake up old scandals. Raking
Raking Rak"ing, n.
1. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space
with a rake.
2. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the
quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once
over a space with a rake.
Raking courseRake Rake, v. i.
To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes
aft.
Raking course (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid
diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to
strengthen.
Meaning of Rakin from wikipedia
-
Rakin or
Rokin (Persian: ركين) may
refer to:
Rakin,
Hamadan Rakin,
Markazi This
disambiguation page
lists articles about distinct geographical locations...
- Rankin/B****
Animated Entertainment (founded and
formerly known as
Videocraft International, Ltd. and Rankin/B**** Productions, Inc.) was an
American production...
-
Rakin Misbah Adetola Fetuga (born 21
January 1971) is an
English rapper and
music producer of
Nigerian descent.
Fetuga was born in
Ladbroke Grove, London...
-
Rakin (Persian: ركين, also
Romanized as
Rakīn) is a
village in Darjazin-e Olya
Rural District, Qorveh-e
Darjazin District,
Razan County,
Hamadan Province...
- The
Cowbellion de
Rakin Society was the
first formally organized and
masked mystic society in the
United States to
celebrate with a
pedestrian parade...
- the Université de Montréal,
author and
public intellectual Rabin Rabkrin Rakin (disambiguation) This page
lists people with the
surname Rabkin. If an internal...
-
Rakin Ahmed (born 31 May 1993) is a
Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A
debut for
Partex Sporting Club in the 2016–17
Dhaka Premier Division Cricket...
-
Rakin (Persian: ركين, also
Romanized as
Rakīn and Rokīn; also
known as Raikhin) is a
village in
Khenejin Rural District, in the
Central District of Komijan...
- organization. The
Mistick Krewe of
Comus itself was
inspired by the
Cowbellion de
Rakin Society that
dated from 1830, a
mystic society that
organizes annual parades...
-
Rakin' and S****in' is the
second album led by
pianist Harold Mabern that was
recorded in 1968 and
released on the
Prestige label.
Allmusic awarded the...
