raking

raking

English

Verb

raking

1. present participle of rake

Adjective

raking (comparative more raking, superlative most raking)

1. Swiftly moving.
   • 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC‎:

     You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.

2. Sloping; having a rake or incline.

Noun

raking (plural rakings)

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.

Translations

act of using a rake

Romanian: greblat (ro) n, greblare (ro) f

Swedish: krattning c, krattande (sv) n

space gone over with a rake

Swedish: det krattade (sv)

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