Rake

Rake may refer to:

* Rake (angle), various angles in bicycle and motorcycle geometry
* Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships
* Rake (character), a man habituated to immoral conduct.
* Rake (poker), the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game
* Rake receiver, a radio receiver
* Rake (software), a variant of the "make" program coded in the Ruby programming language
* Rake (tool), a long-handled tool with tines
* Rake and trail, also castor angle, the angle between the steering axis and the vertical on a motorcycle

Place names

* Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States
* Rake, West Sussex, a village in England

Other uses

* "The Rake's Progress", an English opera by Igor Stravinsky, based on a series of illustrations by William Hogarth
* Rake (band), a noise rock/avant-garde musical ensemble from Northern Virginia, USA
* Rake Yohn, a member of the CKY and Jackass crews
* Raking fire, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare
* The slope of the roof at the end of a gable
* A guitar-playing method involving muted notes
* Raking, a lock picking technique in which a lock pick is slid outwards from the back of a lock to push its pins up
* The artificial slope of a Stage (theatre)
* A train made up primarily of coaches

ee also

Sounding similar:
* Reiki, a complementary therapy