Usually means: To sweep over, cover completely.
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  1. overrake: Collins English Dictionary
  2. overrake: Wordnik
  3. overrake: Wiktionary
  4. overrake: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Overrake, overrake: Dictionary.com
  6. Overrake: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. overrake: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Overrake: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. overrake: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. overrake: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Overrake: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (overrake)

verb:  (transitive) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored with its head to the sea.
verb:  (military) To rake over or assault, as enemy gunfire attacking the entire force.
verb:  To rake or scrape to excess.
verb:  To rake or scrape over.
verb:  To install with too great a slope or angle.

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