Found 4 items, similar to Raft.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: raft
rakit
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: raft
pengapung, rakit
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: raft
raft
v 1: transport on a raft;
“raft wood down a river”
2: travel by raft in water;
“Raft the Colorado River”
3: make into a raft;
“raft these logs”
raft
n 1: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be
used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
“a batch of letters”;
“a deal of trouble”;
“a lot of
money”;
“he made a mint on the stock market”;
“it must
have cost plenty” [syn:
batch,
deal,
flock,
good deal
,
great deal,
hatful,
heap,
lot,
mass,
mess,
mickle,
mint,
muckle,
peck,
pile,
plenty,
pot,
quite a little,
sight,
slew,
spate,
stack,
tidy sum
,
wad,
whole lot,
whole slew]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Raft
Raft
\Raft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rafting.]
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make
into a raft; as, to raft timber.
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Raft
\Raft\ (r[.a]ft), obs.
imp. & p. p. of
Reave. --Spenser.
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Raft
\Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr
a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar;
cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof.
Cf.
Rafter, n.]
1. 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.
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2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is
formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which
obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
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3. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of
people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.]
“A whole raft of folks.” --W. D. Howells.
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Raft bridge.
(a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts.
(b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened
together.
Raft duck. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense
flocks.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also
flock duck. See
Scaup.
(b) The redhead.
Raft port (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side
for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a
timber or lumber port.
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Reave
\Reave\ (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reaved (r[=e]vd),
Reft (r[e^]ft), or
Raft (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaving.] [AS. re['a]fian, from re['a]f spoil, plunder,
clothing, re['o]fan to break (cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of);
akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to
break, violate, Goth. bir['a]ub[=o]n to despoil, L. rumpere
to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf.
Bereave,
Rob, v. t.,
Robe,
Rove, v. i.,
Rupture.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].
“To reave his
life.” --Spenser.
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He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
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If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
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To reave the orphan of his patrimony. --Shak.
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The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
--Tennyson.
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