raking

About 0.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of rake
2. adjective Swiftly moving.
3. adjective Sloping; having a rake or incline.

   raking light

4. noun The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
5. noun 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.
6. noun a bass guitar playing technique in which multiple notes are played rapidly from one string to another.

Similar words

graze skim crease slant pitch run down glance over blood profligate rip

Often followed by

the in up fire leaves and his over her

Word family

rake raked raker rakers rakes