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overrake

verb

Etymology

From over- + rake.

  1. derived from *rakō✻
  2. derived from rák — “strip; stripe; furrow; small mountain ravine”
  3. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “to straighten, right oneself”
  4. derived from *rakō✻ — “path, track; course, direction; an unfolding, unwinding; account, narrative; argument, reasoning”
  5. inherited from racu — “bed of a stream; path; account, narrative; explanation; argument, reasoning; reason”
  6. inherited from rake
  7. prefixed as overrake — “over + rake”

Definitions

  1. To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored…

    To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored with its head to the sea.

    • The big water overraked her waist like a mighty river running over, and with the extremity of evil weather, she was like to be shaken asunder.

  2. To rake over or assault, as enemy gunfire attacking the entire force.

  3. To rake or scrape to excess.

    • Of his depth of feeling, his exquisite sensibility, and his poetic fire (which burned the more vigorously, perhaps, for not being overraked with a classical poker) , this is not the place to treat.
    • Discourage overraking around cabins and camp areas as this will destroy natural undergrowth, causing erosion and excessive dust.
    • Strive for a level surface, but do not overrake. It is fine if there are some small lumps that will help to hold the seed in place, but try to avoid hills and gulleys where water will accumulate .
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To rake or scrape over.

      • Better methods are happily coming into use, and it is already being found profitable to overrake the spoil-hillocks of our ancestors.

    2. To install with too great a slope or angle.

      • Overraked poles are always an eyesore, and undoubtedly detract from the appearance of the overhead equipment, no matter how well it is erected.
      • Often attractive, they can be overraked and then the result may appear disastrous.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA