Rake (tool)

Rake (tool)

A rake (Old English raca, cognate with Dutch raak, German Rechen, from a root meaning "to scrape together," "heap up") is a broom for outside use; a 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, removing dead grass from lawns, and generally for purposes performed in agriculture by the harrow.

Large "mechanized" versions of rakes are used in farming. They are usually called hay rakes, and are built in many different forms (star-wheel rakes, rotary rakes etc.) Where farming is not mechanized various forms of hand rake are used.