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A
rake (
Old English raca, cognate with
Dutch raak,
German Rechen, from a root meaning "to scrape together," "heap up") is an
agricultural and
horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used to collect
leaves,
hay,
grass, etc., and, in
gardening, for loosening the soil, light
weeding and levelling, and generally for purposes performed in agriculture by the
harrow.
Modern hand-rakes usually have
steel,
plastic, or
bamboo teeth or
tines, though historically they've been made with
wood or
iron. The handle is often made of wood or metal. When rakes have longer teeth, they may be arranged in the shape of an old-style folding
fan. Large versions mounted on
wheels with a bar connecting long curved steel teeth can be used with
tractors, descended from a
horse-drawn type used prior to the growth of mechanical farming.
Cultural associations
If the rake lies in the ground teeth up, as shown on the top picture, and someone accidentally steps on the teeth, the rake's handle would swing rapidly upwards, colliding with the victim's face. This is often seen in
slapstick comedy and
cartoons, such as
Tom and Jerry and
The Simpsons Cape Feare, wherein a series of rakes become what
Sideshow Bob describes as his "arch-nemesis". There is a
Russian saying "to trip twice on the same rake" (наступить дважды на одни и те же грабли), which means "to repeat the same silly mistake".
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