# Rake

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**Rake** may refer to:

## Common uses

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

## Arts and entertainment

### Music

- [Rake (band)](/source/Rake_(band)), a former American art rock/noise rock musical ensemble
- [The Rakes](/source/The_Rakes), a former English post-punk band formed in 2003
- "Rake", a song by Sufjan Stevens from the 1999 album *[A Sun Came](/source/A_Sun_Came)*

### Television

- [*Rake* (Australian TV series)](/source/Rake_(Australian_TV_series)), a 2010–2018 comedy-drama series
- [*Rake* (American TV series)](/source/Rake_(American_TV_series)), a 2014 adaptation of the Australian series

### Other uses in arts and entertainment

- *[The Rake](/source/The_Rake)*, a men's magazine
- The Rake, [a creepypasta](/source/List_of_creepypastas#The_Rake)

## People

- [Rake (surname)](/source/Rake_(surname)), including a list of people with the name
- [Rake (singer)](/source/Rake_(singer)), a Japanese singer-songwriter
- [Rake Yohn](/source/Rake_Yohn) (Edward Webb, born 1975), American TV personality

## Places

- [Rake, West Sussex](/source/Rake,_West_Sussex), England
- [Rake, Kostel](/source/Rake,_Kostel), Slovenia
- [Rake, Iowa](/source/Rake,_Iowa), United States
- Rake Brook, a tributary of the [River Roddlesworth](/source/River_Roddlesworth) in Lancashire, England

## Science and technology

- [Rake (angle)](/source/Rake_(angle)), several uses
- [Rake angle](/source/Rake_angle), a parameter in machining and cutting geometry
- [Rake (cellular automaton)](/source/Rake_(cellular_automaton)), an automaton that leaves behind a trail of debris
- [Rake (software)](/source/Rake_(software)), a software task management and a build automation tool
- [Rake (geology)](/source/Rake_(geology)), the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line

## Transportation

- Rake, a measurement of steering axis angle in [bicycle and motorcycle geometry](/source/Bicycle_and_motorcycle_geometry)
- Rake, the difference between front and rear ride heights of a car, created by [wheel alignment](/source/Wheel_alignment)
- [Rake (train)](/source/Rake_(train)), a set of rolling stock coupled together

## Other uses

- [Rake (architecture)](/source/Rake_(architecture)), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable
- [Rake (theatre)](/source/Rake_(theatre)), a theatre stage that slopes upward away from the audience
- Rake, or [hooker](/source/Hooker_(rugby_league)), a position in rugby league football
- Rake, a [lock picking](/source/Lock_picking) device

## See also

- [Raking](/source/Raking), a weighting method in statistics
- [Reiki](/source/Reiki), a form of alternative medicine
- [Rake receiver](/source/Rake_receiver), a radio receiver
- [Mash rake](/source/Mash_rake), a tool in brewing
- The Rake of Rivera, a nickname for Italian tycoon [Gianni Agnelli](/source/Gianni_Agnelli)

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