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🛶 A floating platform 📚 A large number 🛶 To float on water 🏗️ A concrete base 🪵 To tie together
to raft

to raft

4.9
To tie logs or planks together to make a floating platform
  • verb
  • /ræft/
translation icon : atar entre sí
  • Moments later, we are focusing our binoculars on a group of sperm whales rafting close together at the surface.
  • raft together
  • raft boats

Examples

  • He decided to raft several pieces of wood together to make a sturdy base for his raft.

  • And also to build a raft to raft throughout our pond.

  • Meaning you're going to you're going to pre raft, intentionally jump out of the raft and then swim.

  • We'll raft the wagons.

    The Tall Men (1955)

  • During the summer, we often raft logs together to create a floating platform on the lake.

  • The team worked quickly to raft the materials needed for the construction project before the deadline.

Synonyms

to tie up
vsto raft
74 2.2

Fasten something with rope so it cannot move

bind items together to build a floating structure

Compounds

life raft
7 2.9

A small inflatable boat used to escape from a sinking ship

life raft
1 3.2

Support that helps people in a difficult or dangerous time

balsa raft
5.4

A light raft made from balsa wood used for travel on water

raft foundation
  • Specialized
6.7

A large concrete slab under a building that spreads its weight to stop sinking on soft ground

Surface Forms

raft infinitive
rafted past
rafted past participle
rafting present participle
rafts third person singular

Etymology

Raft comes from an old German word for a flat wooden platform made by tying logs together, so to 'raft' something means to fasten pieces into a floating platform.