raft

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈraft

: a flat structure (as of wood) for support or transportation on water

"How shall we cross the river?" asked Dorothy. "That is easily done," replied the Scarecrow. "The Tin Woodman must build us a raft, so we can float to the other side." So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to make a raft …

L. Frank Baum

… has made a living poling a raft on the Suchiate for two decades …

María Verza and Sonia Pérez

In addition to a gorgeous 400' long sandy beach with a swim raft, there are 44 boat docks which are licensed to individual … homeowners.

Frank Roche

also : an inflatable flat-bottomed watercraft

Finally, the three astronauts, wearing their isolation garments, clambered out of the spacecraft into a rubber raft.

Brian Duff

All my fishing gear, which sometimes included an inflatable raft, went into a backpack so that my hands would be free to carry my shotgun.

Nelson Bryant

: a collection of logs or timber fastened together in order to be floated downstream (as to a sawmill)

Soviet loggers commonly float individual logs down rivers to sawmills, rather than lashing them together in rafts.

A. Kent MacDougall

: a floating naturally cohesive mass

rafts of kelp

Home sites and hunting vantage points would have been undercut by the waves, salt meadows would have become angry shallow seas, and bitter salt and rafts of sea ice would have killed the willow brush and rich sedge meadows of the river deltas.

William W. Fitzburg and Aron Crowell

: an aggregation of animals (such as waterfowl) resting on the water

a raft of ducks

raft

2 of 3

verb

rafted; rafting; rafts

transitive verb

: to transport by means of a raft (see raft entry 1 sense 1a)

Lewis was rafting supplies cross river … when he dumped his raft, soaking his chronometer.

Fred Haefele

: to transport in the form of a raft (see raft entry 1 sense 1b)

… the logs which had been floating in them were swept down the river to the sea before being rafted away to the sawmills.

D. A. Bathgate

: to convey (something, such as pebbles) in floating ice or masses of organic material

… sediment deposits are dominated by rock fragments released by melting ice. Even large rocks are rafted out and then released as the ice melts.

M. Grant Gross

: to travel along or across (a river or other body of water) on a raft

Although the writing is somewhat pedestrian, river rats will enjoy the 27 accounts … of rafting rivers in 11 Western states.

Tom Miller

: to make into a raft

rafted the logs

intransitive verb

: to travel by raft

rafted across moderate rapids

raftable

ˈraf-tə-bəl How to pronounce raft (audio)

adjective

raftable white water

raft

3 of 3

noun (2)

: a large collection or number

Synonyms

Noun (2)

abundance
barrel
basketful
boatload
bucket
bunch
bundle
bushel
carload
chunk
deal
dozen
fistful
gobs
good deal
heap
hundred
lashings [chiefly British]
lashins
loads
lot
mass
mess
mountain
much
multiplicity
myriad
oodles
pack
passel
peck
pile
plateful
plenitude
plentitude
plenty
pot
potful
profusion
quantity
reams
scads
sheaf
shipload
sight
slew
spate
stack
store
ton
truckload
volume
wad
wealth
yard

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

raft 1 of 2

noun

as in slew

a considerable amount the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

slew
loads
dozen
plenty
ton
hundred
pile
bunch
chunk
deal
stack
bundle
wealth
myriad
lot
quantity
bucket
spate
mountain
boatload
abundance
truckload
heap
pack
sheaf
basketful
reams
much
scads
fistful
pot
shipload
lashings
mass
passel
volume
profusion
oodles
flood
gobs
wad
multiplicity
potful
barrel
good deal
carload
plenitude
plateful
yard
plentitude
bushel
mess
thousands
store
all kinds (of)
peck
lashins
quite a bit
rash
sight
sea
multitude
plethora
deluge
surplus
score
bevy
surfeit
bonanza
plague
million
excess
horde
swarm
overabundance
overflow
superabundance
throng
army
epidemic
crowd
cram
flock
oversupply
superfluity
host
embarrassment
redundancy
press
legion
overkill
herd
mob
crush
zillion
trillion
drove
gazillion
overage
overmuch
kazillion
jillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

handful
spot
strain
shadow
bit
sprinkling
molecule
fragment
suspicion
ray
scrap
shade
touch
ace
taste
grain
pittance
peanuts
trace
smattering
hint
mouthful
pinch
particle
speck
atom
mite
section
shred
glimmer
sprinkle
dram
ounce
granule
mote
drop
tad
dab
nip
streak
whit
modicum
little
portion
piece
lick
driblet
dot
crumb
scruple
iota
jot
dash
scintilla
shot
tittle
shortage
absence
smidgin
morsel
smidgeon
smidge
smidgen
fleck
lack
flyspeck
scarcity
paucity
poverty
nubbin
dearth
smatter
deficit
famine
deficiency
inadequacy
want
insufficiency
scantiness
undersupply
skimpiness
meagerness
scantness
scarceness

raft

2 of 2

verb

as in to balloon

Synonyms & Similar Words

balloon
buoy
float
bob
swim
sail
suspend
drift
dangle
ride
glide
hover
waft
hang
poise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

sink
settle
plunge
dive
dip
lunge
submerge
immerse
submerse

单词	raft
释义	raft 1 of 3 noun (1) ˈraft 1 a : a flat structure (as of wood) for support or transportation on water "How shall we cross the river?" asked Dorothy. "That is easily done," replied the Scarecrow. "The Tin Woodman must build us a raft, so we can float to the other side." So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to make a raft … L. Frank Baum … has made a living poling a raft on the Suchiate for two decades … María Verza and Sonia Pérez In addition to a gorgeous 400' long sandy beach with a swim raft, there are 44 boat docks which are licensed to individual … homeowners. Frank Roche also : an inflatable flat-bottomed watercraft Finally, the three astronauts, wearing their isolation garments, clambered out of the spacecraft into a rubber raft. Brian Duff All my fishing gear, which sometimes included an inflatable raft, went into a backpack so that my hands would be free to carry my shotgun. Nelson Bryant b : a collection of logs or timber fastened together in order to be floated downstream (as to a sawmill) Soviet loggers commonly float individual logs down rivers to sawmills, rather than lashing them together in rafts. A. Kent MacDougall 2 : a floating naturally cohesive mass rafts of kelp Home sites and hunting vantage points would have been undercut by the waves, salt meadows would have become angry shallow seas, and bitter salt and rafts of sea ice would have killed the willow brush and rich sedge meadows of the river deltas. William W. Fitzburg and Aron Crowell 3 : an aggregation of animals (such as waterfowl) resting on the water a raft of ducks raft 2 of 3 verb rafted; rafting; rafts transitive verb 1 a : to transport by means of a raft (see raft entry 1 sense 1a) Lewis was rafting supplies cross river … when he dumped his raft, soaking his chronometer. Fred Haefele b : to transport in the form of a raft (see raft entry 1 sense 1b) … the logs which had been floating in them were swept down the river to the sea before being rafted away to the sawmills. D. A. Bathgate c : to convey (something, such as pebbles) in floating ice or masses of organic material … sediment deposits are dominated by rock fragments released by melting ice. Even large rocks are rafted out and then released as the ice melts. M. Grant Gross 2 : to travel along or across (a river or other body of water) on a raft Although the writing is somewhat pedestrian, river rats will enjoy the 27 accounts … of rafting rivers in 11 Western states. Tom Miller 3 : to make into a raft rafted the logs intransitive verb : to travel by raft rafted across moderate rapids raftable ˈraf-tə-bəl adjective raftable white water raft 3 of 3 noun (2) : a large collection or number Synonyms Noun (2) abundance barrel basketful boatload bucket bunch bundle bushel carload chunk deal dozen fistful gobs good deal heap hundred lashings [chiefly British] lashins loads lot mass mess mountain much multiplicity myriad oodles pack passel peck pile plateful plenitude plentitude plenty pot potful profusion quantity reams scads sheaf shipload sight slew spate stack store ton truckload volume wad wealth yard See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English rafte rafter, raft, from Old Norse raptr rafter Noun (2) alteration of raff jumble First Known Use Noun (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb 1667, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Noun (2) 1821, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing raft life raft life raft Kids Definition raft 1 of 2 noun ˈraft : a flat structure (as a group of logs fastened together) for support or transportation on water raft 2 of 2 noun : a large amount or number rafts of birds raft 1 of 2 noun as in slew a considerable amount the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance slew loads dozen plenty ton hundred pile bunch chunk deal stack bundle wealth myriad lot quantity bucket spate mountain boatload abundance truckload heap pack sheaf basketful reams much scads fistful pot shipload lashings mass passel volume profusion oodles flood gobs wad multiplicity potful barrel good deal carload plenitude plateful yard plentitude bushel mess thousands store all kinds (of) peck lashins quite a bit rash sight sea multitude plethora deluge surplus score bevy surfeit bonanza plague million excess horde swarm overabundance overflow superabundance throng army epidemic crowd cram flock oversupply superfluity host embarrassment redundancy press legion overkill herd mob crush zillion trillion drove gazillion overage overmuch kazillion jillion Antonyms & Near Antonyms handful spot strain shadow bit sprinkling molecule fragment suspicion ray scrap shade touch ace taste grain pittance peanuts trace smattering hint mouthful pinch particle speck atom mite section shred glimmer sprinkle dram ounce granule mote drop tad dab nip streak whit modicum little portion piece lick driblet dot crumb scruple iota jot dash scintilla shot tittle shortage absence smidgin morsel smidgeon smidge smidgen fleck lack flyspeck scarcity paucity poverty nubbin dearth smatter deficit famine deficiency inadequacy want insufficiency scantiness undersupply skimpiness meagerness scantness scarceness See More raft 2 of 2 verb as in to balloon Synonyms & Similar Words balloon buoy float bob swim sail suspend drift dangle ride glide hover waft hang poise Antonyms & Near Antonyms sink settle plunge dive dip lunge submerge immerse submerse See More
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raft

noun (1)

verb

noun (2)

Synonyms

Word History

Phrases Containing raft

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