Rake

Rake may refer to:

Common meanings

 * Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines
 * Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct
 * Rake (poker), the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game
 * Raking fire, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare

Science and technology

 * Rake receiver, a radio receiver
 * Rake (geology), the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line in geology

Transport

 * Rake, the caster angle of a bicycle or motorcycle
 * Rake, the difference between the front and rear ride heights of a car
 * Rake (train), a line of coupled passenger coaches, or freight wagons, or railcars (excluding the locomotive) that typically move together

Mathematics and computing

 * Rake (angle), a mathematical definition
 * Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships
 * Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language

Music

 * Rake (band), a former American art rock/noise rock musical ensemble
 * The Rakes, a former English post-punk band formed in 2003
 * "Rake", a track from A Sun Came, the 1999 debut album of Sufjan Stevens

Television

 * Rake (Australian TV series), a 2010–2018 comedy-drama series
 * Rake (American TV series), a 2014 adaptation of the Australian series

Place names

 * Rake, West Sussex, a village in England
 * Rake Brook, a tributary of the River Roddlesworth in Lancashire, England
 * Rake, Kostel, a settlement in the Kostel municipality in Slovenia
 * Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States

People

 * Rake (surname)
 * Rake Yohn, stage name of Edward Webb (born 1975), a member of the CKY and Jackass crews
 * Rake (singer), a Japanese singer-songwriter

Other uses

 * Rake (architecture), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable
 * Rake (theatre), a theatre stage that slopes upward away from the audience
 * Another name for the hooker position in rugby league football
 * A lock picking technique
 * The Rake, a fictional creature featured in many Creepypasta stories
 * Raking, a nickname for a home run