Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To convey on a raft.

    transport on a raft

  2. (transitive)To make into a raft.

    make into a raft

  3. (intransitive)To travel by raft.

    travel by raft in water

  4. To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.

Examples

95 sentences

  1. Tom built a raft.

    Том побудував плот. — deniko

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  2. Tom floated downstream on a raft.

    ruТом плыл вниз по течению на плоту. — odexed

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  3. Tom drifted downstream on the raft.

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  4. Let's swim out to the raft.

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  5. Tom went rafting with his friends.

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Origin

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germa

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep- (“stake, beam”). See also Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).

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Forms

rafts, rafting, rafted, rafted
Base formraft · to raft
3rd person singularrafts
Present participlerafting
Past simplerafted
Past participlerafted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyraft
he, she, itrafts

Past simpleLesson

all personsrafted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rafted
he, she, ithas rafted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill raft

Word family

2 related words
RelatedrafterB2whitewater rafting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
radiusradonrafflerafterB2ragB2
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