Raft
[rɑːft] or [ræft]
Definition
(noun.) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
(verb.) make into a raft; 'raft these logs'.
(verb.) travel by raft in water; 'Raft the Colorado River'.
(verb.) transport on a raft; 'raft wood down a river'.
Checked by Estes--From WordNet
Definition
(-) imp. & p. p. of Reave.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.
(n.) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
(v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
(-) of Reave
Editor: Olivia
Definition
n. a collection of pieces of timber fastened together for a support on the water: planks conveyed by water.—v.t. to transport on a raft: to form into a raft.—v.i. to manage a raft travel by raft.—ns. Raft′-bridge a bridge supported on rafts; Raft′-dog an iron bar fitted for securing logs in a raft; Raft′-duck the black-head duck of the United States; Raft′-port a square hole in some ships for convenience in loading and unloading timber; Raft′-rope a rope used in whaling-vessels for stringing blubber; Rafts′man one who guides a raft.
n. (U.S.) a miscellaneous or promiscuous lot.
Editor: Will
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a raft, denotes that you will go into new locations to engage in enterprises, which will prove successful. To dream of floating on a raft, denotes uncertain journeys. If you reach your destination, you will surely come into good fortune. If a raft breaks, or any such mishap befalls it, yourself or some friend will suffer from an accident, or sickness will bear unfortunate results.
Typist: Tyler
Examples
- Two imaginations soared together upon the raft at Tilsit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He sprung from the cabin-window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- What might be called a raft-bridge was soon constructed from material obtained from wooden buildings, stables, fences, etc. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All saw the danger, and the boldest, even the stout Friar himself, avoided setting foot on the raft. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The two emperors met on a raft in the middle of the Niemen at Tilsit, and there came to an understanding. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whether it were some strange monster of these buried waters, or a queer raft, I could not at once perceive. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Artificial floating islands have been formed by placing lake mud on rafts of wicker-work covered with reeds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Uriah