raft /ˈræft/
筏,救生艇,大量(vi.)乘筏(vt.)筏運,製成筏
Reave v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved Reft or Raft (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. “To reave his life.”
He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
To reave the orphan of his patrimony. --Shak.
The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue. --Tennyson.
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Raft obs. imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Raft, 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.
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.]
3. A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] “A whole raft of folks.”
Raft bridge. (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts. (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together.
Raft duck.
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.
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
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]
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"