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RAFT
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
(noun) (often followed by âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
raft
(verb) make into a raft; âraft these logsâ
raft
(verb) travel by raft in water; âRaft the Colorado Riverâ
raft
(verb) transport on a raft; âraft wood down a riverâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
raft (plural rafts)
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
(by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
(US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
(US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
Verb
raft (third-person singular simple present rafts, present participle rafting, simple past and past participle rafted)
(transitive) To convey on a raft.
(transitive) To make into a raft.
(intransitive) To travel by raft.
(GUI) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
Etymology 2
Noun
raft (plural rafts)
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
Etymology 3
Verb
raft
simple past tense and past participle of reave
Anagrams
• RTFA, TRAF, fart, frat, traf
Source: Wiktionary
Raft, obs.
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Reave. Spenser.
Raft, n. Etym: [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. rafo, ravo, a beam, rafter, Icel. raf roof. Cf. Rafter, n.]
1. 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.
2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
3. Etym: [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.]
Definition: A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A whole raft of folks." W. D. Howells. Raft bridge. (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts. (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together.
– Raft duck. Etym: [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zoöl.) (a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also flock duck. See Scaup. (b) The redhead.
– Raft port (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a timber or lumber port.
Raft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rafting.]
Definition: To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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