Gathering leaves or debris by dragging a tool with a long handle and multiple teeth across the ground.
From Old English 'race' meaning to scrape or scratch. The noun 'rake' (the tool) comes from the same root and has been used since medieval times for garden work.
Raking is one of humanity's oldest repetitive work tasks—basically the same motion people made thousands of years ago preparing fields for planting, just with slightly fancier tools.
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