| NOUN | artifact | raft | a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers |
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| quantity | raft, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| artifact | raft, raft foundation, mat | a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete | |
| VERB | motion | raft | transport on a raft |
| motion | raft | travel by raft in water | |
| creation | raft | make into a raft |
| Sounds | rae'ft | |
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| Rhymes | aft ... witchcraft: 29 rhymes with aeft... | |
| Meaning | A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers. | |
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| Narrower | balsa raft, Kon Tiki | A light raft made of balsa |
| life raft, Carling float | A raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency | |
| Broader | float | Something that floats on the surface of water |
| Spanish | almadía, balsa, patera | |
| Catalan | rai | |
| Verbs | raft | make into a raft |
| raft | travel by raft in water | |
| raft | transport on a raft | |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | A foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete. | |
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| Synonyms | raft foundation, mat | |
| Broader | foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure | Lowest support of a structure |
| Meaning | transport on a raft. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "raft wood down a river" | |
| Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
| Broader | transport | Move something or somebody around |
| Similar to | raft | travel by raft in water |
| Spanish | transportar en balsa | |
| Nouns | raft | a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers |
| Meaning | travel by raft in water. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | They raft the river; They raft down the river | |
| Example | "Raft the Colorado River" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | raft | transport on a raft |
| Nouns | raft | a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers |
| rafter | someone who travels by raft | |
| Meaning | make into a raft. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "raft these logs" | |
| Broader | manufacture, fabricate, construct | Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts |
| Spanish | hacer balsas | |
| Nouns | raft | a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers |
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