raft
English
Etymology 1
From North Germanic; compare West Old Norse raptr (“rafter”), Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).
Noun
raft (plural rafts)
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- An inflatable raft. A log raft.
- (inexact) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet & al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
flat, floating structure
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inflatable floating craft
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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.
- (graphical user interface) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
- 2007, Dinesh Maidasani, Straight to the Point - Visual Basic 2005 (page 11)
- The
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- 2007, Dinesh Maidasani, Straight to the Point - Visual Basic 2005 (page 11)
Translations
Related terms
Etymology 2
Alteration of raff.
Noun
raft (plural rafts)
- A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 31:
- Among those arrested was the grand master himself, Jacques de Molay, who found himself facing a raft of charges based on the specious evidence of former knights [...].
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 31:
Translations
large but unspecified number of something
Verb
raft
- simple past tense and past participle of reave
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Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare Turkish raf), contaminated with rrafsh.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raft/
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