raking

adj, noun — 5 senses

raking

adj
1

Swiftly moving.

  • You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC:
2

Sloping; having a rake or incline.

  • raking light
Derived terms
raking fire, rakingly

raking

noun
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.

3

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music a bass guitar playing technique in which multiple notes are played rapidly from one string to another.

Derived terms
buckraking, leaf-raking, moonraking

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