Hang
Hang noun - A downward slope.
Usage example: anyone foolish enough to ski that hang would end up with a broken neck
Rake
Rake noun - The degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon.
Usage example: the floor of the auditorium doesn't have much of a rake, so sightlines for spectators in the rear are not good
Common collocations
| enemies | hang enemies | rake enemies |
Both words in one sentence
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Driven to Suicide: One of the Rake's victims chose to hang himself rather than let the Rake get to him.
Source: Web Original / The Rake -
Wallace in No More Dead Dogs never lies, so when his Abhorrent Admirer begs him to hang out with her on the weekend, he tells her he has to rake the lawn, and thus plans to do so.
Source: I Need to Go Iron My Dog - I Need to Go Iron My Dog: When Trudi begs Wallace to hang out with her on the weekend, he tells her he has to rake the lawn, and thus plans to do so.
Source: Literature / No More Dead Dogs
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Rake and Hang. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang/rake
Hang & Rake. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang/rake>.
Rake or Hang. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang/rake.
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