Roué (4 letters)

{ Answer }

RAKE

{ Related Clues }

Roue
Autumn tool
Bring (in) abundantly
Croupier's tool
Dissolute man
Dredge (up)
Gardener's gear
Gather leaves
Gay deceiver
Haying tool
Hogarth figure
Leaf collector
___ over the coals
Pile maker
Search through
Spray with gunfire
Tool with teeth
Toothy tool
Do a fall chore
Don Giovanni, e.g.

{ Tags }

autumn, croupiers, deceiver, dissolute, do, don, fall, garden, gather, gay, hogarth, leaves, libertine, lothario, maker, pile, rake, roue, subject, tool, yard

{ Notes }

The answer RAKE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RAKE as a noun:

1. (rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue) = a dissolute man in fashionable society

2. (pitch, rake, slant) = degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"

3. a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

RAKE as a verb:

1. move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"

2. level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"

3. sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

4. (scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down) = examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

5. gather with a rake; "rake leaves"

6. (graze, crease, rake) = scrape gently; "graze the skin"