Definitions for raftræft, rɑft
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
raftræft, rɑft(n.)
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant materials:
an inflatable rubber raft.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Category: Nautical, Navy
Ref: life raft.
a slab of reinforced concrete providing a footing on yielding soil, usu. for a whole building.
Category: Building Trades
(v.t.)to transport on a raft.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to form (logs or the like) into a raft.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to travel or cross by raft.
Category: Nautical, Navy
(of an ice floe) to transport (embedded organic or rock debris) from the shore out to sea.
Category: Geology
(v.i.)to use a raft; go or travel on a raft.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of raft:
1250–1300; ME rafte, perh. < ON raptrrafter1
raft*ræft, rɑft(n.)
a great quantity; a lot.
Category: Informal
* Informal..
Origin of raft:
1825–35; var. of raff in sense “large number” (ME: abundance)
Princeton's WordNet
raft(noun)
a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad(verb)
(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"
raft(verb)
transport on a raft
"raft wood down a river"
raft(verb)
travel by raft in water
"Raft the Colorado River"
raft(verb)
make into a raft
"raft these logs"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
raft(noun)æft, rɑft
an air-filled boat
They took a raft down the river.
raftæft, rɑft
***a flat floating dock in the middle of an area of water
***We swam out to the raft.
raftæft, rɑft
a lot of
a raft of possibilities/options; a raft of new products
Webster Dictionary
Raft
imp. & p. p. of Reave
Raft(noun)
a collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float
Raft(noun)
a collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation
Raft(noun)
a large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately
Raft(verb)
to transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber
Raft
of Reave
Translations for raft
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
raft(noun)
a number of logs, planks etc fastened together and used as a boat.
- vlotAfrikaans
- رَمْث، طَوْفArabic
- салBulgarian
- jangadaPortuguese (BR)
- vorCzech
- das FloßGerman
- tømmerflådeDanish
- σχεδίαGreek
- balsaSpanish
- parvEstonian
- کلک؛ قایق الواریFarsi
- lauttaFinnish
- radeauFrench
- רַפסוֹדָהHebrew
- लठ्ठों का बेड़ाHindi
- splavCroatian
- tutajHungarian
- rakitIndonesian
- (timbur)flekiIcelandic
- zatteraItalian
- いかだJapanese
- 뗏목Korean
- plaustasLithuanian
- plostsLatvian
- rakitMalay
- vlotDutch
- (tømmer)flåteNorwegian
- tratwaPolish
- کلک؛ قایق الواریPersian
- دړى چمبې، تمبى، هغه دړى چه يو له بله سره ولګول شى اوداو بوپه سرلامبو ووهله شىPashto
- jangadaPortuguese
- plutăRomanian
- плотRussian
- plťSlovak
- splavSlovenian
- splavSerbian
- flotteSwedish
- แพThai
- salTurkish
- 木筏Chinese (Trad.)
- плітUkrainian
- لکڑیوں کا گٹھا جو کشتی کا کام دیتا ہےUrdu
- bè gỗVietnamese
- 木筏Chinese (Simp.)
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