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Ake


Definition:

  • (n. & v.) See Ache.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anterior keratectomy (AKE) was done on rabbits, and the appearance of immunohistochemically demonstrable tenascin (TN) or cellular fibronectin (cFN) was studied at different times (5 min to 14 months) after the operation.
  • (2) Manchester City: Hart; Kompany (C), Zabaleta, Kolarov, Boyata; Nasri, Barry, Silvaa, Toure; Aguero, Tevez Chelsea: Hilario; Luiz, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Ake; Ramires, Oscar, Obi Mikel, Loftus-Cheek; Ba, Torres (C)
  • (3) A careful analysis of Ake, however, demonstrates that substantial differences remain between the roles of consultant and advocate.
  • (4) This depolarization was accompanied by transient increases of aNai and aKe, whereas aKi decreased.
  • (5) What's more, industry observers believe Artpop will only stay at the top for a single week, before being displaced by J ake Bugg or Robbie Williams .
  • (6) In these preparations, bath-application of ADR (10(-6) M) resulted in a membrane hyperpolarization and transient decreases aKe and aNai which could be blocked by ouabain (3 x 10(-4) M).
  • (7) He was referring to a report by the U.N. expert team led by Ake Sellstrom of Sweden.
  • (8) The functional relation between respiratory activity, extracellular potassium activity (aKe) and tissue oxygen pressure (pO2) was analyzed in vitro in the ventral respiratory group (VRG) of the neonatal brainstem-spinal cord (NB) and the perfused adult brainstem (AB) of rats.
  • (9) muscle a continuous rise of aNai induced by elevation of aKe to 5.2 mM could be stopped by ADR.
  • (10) Oduor will be able to take up a month’s residence at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and will be invited to appear at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town in September, the Storymoja Hay Festival in Nairobi and the Ake Festival in Nigeria.
  • (11) Subjects were aked to recognize which of the following stimuli was presented to a papilla on each of 250 trials: 5.0 M NaCl, 0.5 N citric acid, 1.0 M quinine hydrochloride, and distilled H2O.
  • (12) An increase in glucose availability led to a slower decline in CNAP and to a smaller rise in aKe during anoxia.
  • (13) The reactions were carried out in the various buffer systems on the same day at 35 degrees C on an automatic kinetic enzyme system (AKES, Vitatron, Dieren, the Netherlands).
  • (14) We also have young players coming up, the likes of Dominic Solanke, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Nathan Ake, all these boys.
  • (15) Compound nerve action potential (CNAP), extracellular pH, and extracellular potassium activity (aKe) were measured simultaneously before, during, and after a period of 30 min of anoxia.
  • (16) The team only has a mandate to visit specific sites, as agreed with the Syrian government, but the head of the mission, Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, said it "should be looked into" .
  • (17) [N6 15N]ATP and [N6 15N]AMP, complexed with E.coli adenylate kinase (AKe), were observed with 15N isotope-filtered NMR pulse sequences and 1H[15N] heterocorrelated experiments to determine differences between binding sites based on chemical shifts and competition by substrate analogs.
  • (18) In both preparations, inhibition of glycolysis by iodoacetate led to an irreversible blockade of respiratory rhythm and a delayed increase of aKe by more than 15 mM.
  • (19) Removal of 25 codons in the corresponding adk gene resulted in expression of a modified form of adenylate kinase (delta 133-157 AKe) which still conserved 7% of the maximal activity of the wild-type protein.
  • (20) The extra sequence, highly homologous in "large" size variants, is situated between residues 133 and 157 in AKe.

Rake


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.
  • (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.
  • (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
  • (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.
  • (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
  • (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.
  • (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.
  • (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
  • (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.
  • (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
  • (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
  • (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.
  • (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.
  • (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.
  • (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.
  • (v. i.) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.
  • (v. i.) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While they're raking in the money, he is broke and out of work.'
  • (2) Since his arrest, a French taboo has been broken and Strauss-Kahn's behaviour towards women, deemed "libertine" by his friends, has been raked over.
  • (3) Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Dejan Lovren have all moved to Liverpool while Luke Shaw has signed for Manchester United and Arsenal have taken Calum Chambers to the Emirates Stadium, with Southampton raking in more than £88m for the combined deals.
  • (4) Sir Michael Rake, the chairman of easyJet, said: "Following a thorough process involving a number of high calibre candidates we have unanimously chosen a strong chief executive with the strategic ability, operational capability and passion to drive easyJet through the next stage of its development and we look forward to working with Carolyn."
  • (5) Anyone could be said to have made mistakes in hindsight and there was nothing to be gained in raking up the past.
  • (6) Milliken, author of a report on rhino-horn consumption in Vietnam , also expressed concerns about the end-user market: "One wonders if unscrupulous dealers in these markets will not simply employ some means to 'bleach' them to back to a 'normal' appearance and continue raking in high profits."
  • (7) 4 min: Another raking pass to Di Maria, who wins a penalty after smashing the ball against the hand of David Alaba.
  • (8) The muck-raking website Lifenews.ru, which has close links to the FSB, Putin’s former spy agency, has pointed the finger at Nemtsov’s colourful love life.
  • (9) Round K-wires with either a diamond point or a high rake-angle trocar point were compared with each other and with C-wires, which have a rounded square cross section and a short diamond point.
  • (10) I also present a method for teaching this system to residents that makes use of a piece of cotton or nylon rope, a cotton mop refill, and the end of a garden rake.
  • (11) Sturridge's wonderful change of pace saw him accelerating on to Gerrard's raking long pass down the right and, with the defence left standing, the on-rushing Uruguayan met Sturridge's ball across the six-yard box.
  • (12) The panel Tim Kelsey , national director for patients and information, NHS England Dr Chaand Nagpaul , GP and chair of the British Medical Association 's GP committee Gary Walker , former United Lincolnshire hospitals trust chief and whistleblower Ben Pathe , business development officer, Patient Opinion Roger Kline , director, Patients First Jo Bibby , director of strategy, Health Foundation Nick Chinn , co-founder of #WeNurses Dr Nicola Williams , deputy director of research, North Bristol NHS trust Katherine Rake , chief executive, Healthwatch England Dr Tom Kennedy , consultant physician and rheumatologist, Royal Liverpool University hospital
  • (13) From our investigations and research from elsewhere it appeared that the National Board of Health defines negligence as considerable error of judgement, or where examination or history raking, had been insufficient.
  • (14) Among an all-star cast, including Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy and Shia LaBoeuf, Pearce still manages to stand out as Charlie Rakes, the special deputy from Chicago sent to Virginia to close down the sale of illegal liquor for good.
  • (15) As well as raking in the cash, Google is responsible for much of the infrastructure that delivers digital advertising.
  • (16) The British sent non-essential staff on the same route as the Americans but, lacking air cover, saw their Jeeps raked with gunfire and forced back.
  • (17) Haji-Ioannou and his easyGroup had instigated a series of "increasingly personalised attacks", Rake declared , "involving a number of inaccurate and misleading statements, including inappropriate and defamatory assertions and innuendo".
  • (18) While he gets his beard trimmed – a painstaking process that takes 45 minutes and involves an Afro comb the size of a garden rake – Rick dishes out a little parable about how to deal with paparazzi in light of Alec Baldwin's recent decision to quit public life (and New York) after one too many run-ins.
  • (19) Rake, married with four sons, keeps horses at his Oxfordshire home and has formed a polo team.
  • (20) When disaster duly strikes, and Lydia runs off with a notable rake to live in sin somewhere in London, he is powerless.

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