Find and Rake

Find

Find verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

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Rake and find are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rake" instead a verb "Find".

Nearby Words: finding, finder

Rake verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Usage example: the pathetic sight of hungry children raking the garbage for food

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Find and rake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Find" instead a verb "Rake".

Nearby Words: raked, raker, raking

Dede Rake in Starship Troopers 2 (played by Brenda Strong) is overjoyed to find a container of cigars in a way station's food supplies.

Source: Cigar Chomper
The Decemberists' Rock Opera The Hazards of Love features a character identified as the Rake, who was shocked to find that schtupping his wife produced babies.

Source: Child Hater
Bam: You'll find out...note simply, Bam put a sombrero on Vito's head and filled it with salsa Butt Monkey / Chew Toy: Don Vito Rake Yohn constantly found himself abused, humiliated and made fun of by the rest of Bam's crew.

Source: Series / Viva La Bam

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