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raft 1
(răft)n.
1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
2. A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.
v. raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts
v.tr.
1. To convey on a raft.
2. To make into a raft.
v.intr.
To travel by raft.
[Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter.]
raft 2
(răft)n. Informal
A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens).
[Originally American English, alteration (probably influenced by raft) of dialectal English (Scotland and Northern England) raff, a large collection or number (of something), abundance, from Middle English raf in rif and raf, everything, one and all, sweepings, rubbish; see riffraff.]
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raft
(rɑːft)n
1. (Nautical Terms) a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform
2. (Building) a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building
vb
(Nautical Terms) to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from
[C15: from Old Norse raptr rafter]
ˈrafting n
raft
(rɑːft)n
informal a large collection or amount: a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard.
[C19: from raff]
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raft1
(ræft, rɑft)n.
1. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant materials: an inflatable rubber raft.
2. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
3. life raft.
4. a slab of reinforced concrete providing a footing on yielding soil, usu. for a whole building.
v.t. 5. to transport on a raft.
6. to form (logs or the like) into a raft.
7. to travel or cross by raft.
8. (of an ice floe) to transport (embedded organic or rock debris) from the shore out to sea.
v.i. 9. to use a raft; go or travel on a raft.
[1250–1300; Middle English rafte, perhaps < Old Norse raptr rafter1]
raft2
(ræft, rɑft)n. Informal.
a great quantity; a lot.
[1825–35; variant of raff in sense “large number” (Middle English: abundance)]
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Raft
a large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately; a dense flock of swimming birds; a collection of logs; fallen trees.Examples: raft of auks (at sea); of swimming birds; of books; of crocodiles, 1774; of fellows, 1833; of folk; of logs; of masts, 1497; of people; of reporters; of tamarisk, 1822; of timber, 1745; of trees, 1806; of fallen trees; of verdure, 1876.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
raft
Past participle: rafted
Gerund: rafting
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| Noun | 1. |  raft - a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmersbalsa raft, Kon Tiki - a light raft made of balsa float - something that floats on the surface of water Carling float, life raft - a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency |
| 2. |  raft - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Verb | 1. | raft - transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances |
| 2. | raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" raft - transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" | |
| 3. | raft - make into a raft; "raft these logs" fabricate, manufacture, construct - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" |
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Translations
رَمْث، طَوْفطَوْف
vor
flådetømmerflåde
lauttaroppakaupalla
splav
fleki
いかだ
뗏목
plaustas
plosts
plť
splav
flotte
แพ
bè
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raft
[ˈrɑːft] n (= large number) a raft of [+ measures, proposals, advisers, experts, problems] → une foule de
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
raft
n → Floß nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
raft
(raːft) noun a number of logs, planks etc fastened together and used as a boat.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
raft
→ طَوْف vor flåde Floß σχεδία balsa lautta radeau splav zattera いかだ 뗏목 vlot flåte tratwa jangada плот flotte แพ sal bè 筏Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009