raft

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɑːft/ (US) IPA(key): /ɹæft/ Rhymes: -ɑːft === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== raft (plural rafts) A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion. A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water. (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river. (US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast. A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope. (cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== raft (third-person singular simple present rafts, present participle rafting, simple past and past participle rafted) (transitive) To convey on a raft. (transitive) To make into a raft. (intransitive) To travel by raft. (graphical user interface) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space. ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== rafter whitewater rafting ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Alteration of raff. ==== Noun ==== raft (plural rafts) A large (but unspecified) number, a lot. 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Pomeroy asked me a raft of factual-type questions (how old were you when you began menstruating? did you ever see your parents having intercourse? did you have many friends in high school? how was your relationship with your father?). It seemed he had a written questionnaire & checked off answers as I have them. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== raft (archaic) simple past and past participle of reave === Anagrams === TRAF, RTFA, frat, FART, traf, fart, FRTA, tarf == Albanian == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish راف (raf), from Arabic رَفّ (raff), contaminated with rrafsh. === Noun === raft m shelf horse's phalera (Old Albanian, attested in Frang Bardhi) ==== Declension ==== === References === Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “raft”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 387 === Further reading === “raft”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English raft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈraft] === Noun === raft m inan raft (inflatable floating craft) ==== Declension ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish راف (raf), from Arabic رَفّ (raff). === Noun === raft n (plural rafturi) shelf ==== Declension ====