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raft¹ (r

ft)

1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.

2. A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.

v. raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts

v.tr.

1. To convey on a raft.

2. To make into a raft.

v.intr.

To travel by raft.

[Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter.]

raft² (r

ft)

n. Informal

A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens).

[Alteration of dialectal raff, rubbish; see raffish.]

Translations

rafting [ˈrɑːftɪŋ] n → rafting m

rafting

n (Sport) → Rafting nt; to go rafting → Raften gehen

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