Definition of rakes:
(n) :
(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
(n) :
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
(n) :
(gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
(n) :
A type of lockpick that has a ridged or notched blade that moves across the pins in a pin tumbler lock, causing them to settle into a shear line.
(n) :
(cellular automata) A type of puffer train that leaves behind a stream of spaceships as it moves.
(v) :
To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.