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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024raft•ing (raf′ting, räf′-),USA pronunciation n. - the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024raft1 /ræft/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Nautical, Naval Termsa more or less rigid floating platform made of materials that will not sink:an inflatable rubber raft.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
v. - Nautical, Naval Termsto travel or carry on a raft: [no object]They went rafting.[~ + object]They rafted the supplies down the river.
raft2 /ræft/USA pronunciation n. [countable][Informal.]- Informal Termsa great quantity* a lot: [a + ~ + of + noun]a raft of dinner invitations.[~-s + of + noun]making rafts of money.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024raft1 (raft, räft),USA pronunciation n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:an inflatable rubber raft.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
- Nautical, Naval TermsSee life raft.
- Buildinga slab of reinforced concrete providing a footing on yielding soil, usually for a whole building, so that the weight of the soil that would be displaced by the settlement of the building exceeds the weight of the building itself;
mat.
v.t. - Nautical, Naval Termsto transport on a raft.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto form (logs or the like) into a raft.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto travel or cross by raft.
- Geology(of an ice floe) to transport (embedded organic or rock debris) from the shore out to sea.
v.i. - Nautical, Naval Termsto use a raft;
go or travel on a raft. - Oceanography(of an ice floe) to overlap another ice floe.
- Old Norse raptr rafter1
- Middle English rafte, perh. 1250–1300
- Informal Termsa great quantity;
a lot:a raft of trouble.
- variant of raff large number (Middle English: abundance) 1825–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: raft /rɑːft/ n - a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform
- a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building
vb - to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old Norse raptr rafter raft /rɑːft/ n - informal a large collection or amount: a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard
Etymology: 19th Century: from raff |