raft¹ /räft/

1. A flat, floating mass of logs or other material (ice, vegetation, etc)
2. A flat structure of logs, etc for support or for conveyance on water
3. A dense mass of floating waterfowl (US)
4. A wide layer of concrete to support a building on soft ground

1. To transport on a raft
2. To form into a raft
3. To cross, travel down, etc by raft

1. To manage a raft
2. To travel by raft
3. To form into a raft
4. (of ice, etc) to pile up by overriding

raftˈer noun

A raftsman

raftˈing noun

The sport of travelling on a raft, esp over rapids

raftˈ-bridge noun

1. A raft used as a bridge
2. A bridge supported on rafts

raftˈman noun

A raftsman

raftˈ-port noun

(in ships) a large port for timber

raftˈ-rope noun

A rope for towing blubber

raftsˈman noun

A person who works on a raft

raft² /räft/ (esp N American)

1. A large number, a heap
2. A crowd
3. A miscellaneous lot

raft³ /räft/ an obsolete pat and pap of reave: in Keats pap of rive

reave, also (orig Scot) reive /rēv/ (archaic)

1. To plunder
2. To rob

reavˈer or reivˈer noun

rive /rīv/ (poetic or archaic)

1. To tear apart
2. To tear
3. To rend
4. To split
5. To discharge as if with rending (Shakespeare)
6. To pierce (obsolete)
7. To plough up (Scot)

1. To tug, tear
2. To split

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