Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raking

/ɹˈeɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: rak-ing
IPA: /ɹˈeɪkɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rake

adj

Swiftly moving.

adj

Sloping; having a rake or incline.

noun

The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

noun

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.

noun

a bass guitar playing technique in which multiple notes are played rapidly from one string to another.

Example Sentences

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

Inflected Forms

more raking (comparative) most raking (superlative) rakings (plural)

Derived Forms

rakingly buckraking moonraking

Phrases

raking fire leaf-raking

Rhymes With

making taking breaking shaking waking baking faking braking aching mistaking staking remaking

Questions

How do you pronounce raking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈeɪkɪŋ/.
What does raking mean?: present participle and gerund of rake

How to pronounce raking

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