English noun: raft | |||
1. | raft (artifact) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers | ||
Broader (hypernym) | float | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | balsa raft, Carling float, Kon Tiki, life raft | ||
2. | raft (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
Samples | A batch of letters. A deal of trouble. A lot of money. He made a mint on the stock market. See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos. It must have cost plenty. A slew of journalists. A wad of money. | ||
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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
English verb: raft | |||
1. | raft (motion) transport on a raft | ||
Samples | Raft wood down a river. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | transport | ||
Verb group | raft | ||
Domain category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | ||
2. | raft (motion) travel by raft in water | ||
Samples | Raft the Colorado River. | ||
Examples | They raft the river, They raft down the river | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Verb group | raft | ||
3. | raft (creation) make into a raft | ||
Samples | Raft these logs. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | construct, fabricate, manufacture | ||