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[edit] English

an inflatable life raft
a wooden raft

[edit] Etymology

From the Old Norse word raptr, originally meaning 'beam' or 'rafter'. Cognate with rafter, Danish raft (long trunc), Old Norse ráfr (roof).

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Singular
raft

Plural
rafts

raft (plural rafts)

  1. A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.
  2. A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
  3. A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
    All we've ever got from you is a raft of promises.
  4. A collective noun for otters.

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Infinitive
to raft

Third person singular
rafts

Simple past
rafted

Past participle
rafted

Present participle
rafting

to raft (third-person singular simple present rafts, present participle rafting, simple past and past participle rafted)

  1. (transitive) to convey on a raft
  2. (transitive) to make into a raft
  3. (intransitive) to travel by raft

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

From the Turkish raf.

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raft m

  1. shelf