| entice | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. entice, lure, tempt | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.; "He lured me into temptation" |
| ~ snare, hook | entice and trap.; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" |
| ~ seduce | lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" |
| ~ call | lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.; "Call ducks" |
| ~ stool | lure with a stool, as of wild fowl. |
| ~ lead on | entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken. |
| ~ tweedle | entice through the use of music. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ decoy | lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy. |
| ~ bait | lure, entice, or entrap with bait. |
| rake | | |
| n. (person) | 1. blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue | a dissolute man in fashionable society. |
| ~ debauchee, libertine, rounder | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. pitch, rake, slant | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane.; "the roof had a steep pitch" |
| ~ gradient, slope | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.; "a five-degree gradient" |
| ~ loft | (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. rake | a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil. |
| ~ croupier's rake | a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table. |
| ~ garden rake | a rake used by gardeners. |
| ~ rake handle | the handle of a rake. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| v. (motion) | 4. rake | move through with or as if with a rake.; "She raked her fingers through her hair" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 5. rake | level or smooth with a rake.; "rake gravel" |
| ~ smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood" |
| v. (stative) | 6. rake | sweep the length of.; "The gunfire raked the coast" |
| ~ sweep | cover the entire range of. |
| ~ enfilade | rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction. |
| v. (perception) | 7. glance over, rake, run down, scan, skim | examine hastily.; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" |
| ~ examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect.; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" |
| v. (contact) | 8. rake | gather with a rake.; "rake leaves" |
| ~ scrape, grate | scratch repeatedly.; "The cat scraped at the armchair" |
| ~ gather, pull together, collect, garner | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
| v. (contact) | 9. crease, graze, rake | scrape gently.; "graze the skin" |
| ~ brush | touch lightly and briefly.; "He brushed the wall lightly" |
| ~ shave | touch the surface of lightly.; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
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