raft in English

noun
1
a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform.
As kids, we were always on the water in canoes or rowboats or homemade rafts .
2
a large amount of something.
a raft of government initiatives
verb
1
travel on or as if on a raft.
I have rafted along the Rio Grande
2
bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side.
You're rafted up with other boats at your favorite swimming hole, and all of a sudden some knucklehead comes by throwing a supersized wake.

Use "raft" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "raft" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "raft", or refer to the context using the word "raft" in the English Dictionary.

1. Raft the Colorado River.

2. She's towing a target raft.

3. She got a raft of presents.

4. They built a raft of logs.

5. But the bamboo raft ploughed forward smoothly.

6. The raft floated away down the river.

7. I had trouble inflating my life raft.

8. He fixed the sweep on the raft.

9. The raft bore us across the river.

10. Look between the ship and the raft, sir.

11. The raft was floating gently down the river.

12. The raft was buoyed by empty petrol cans.

13. She spent seven days afloat on a raft.

14. 11 Progress on the raft was astonishingly rapid.

15. The same was true of our bamboo raft.

16. So the water is churned through this raft.

17. I didn't count on his capsizing the raft.

18. They made a raft and set it afloat.

19. I wasn't sure if the raft would float.

20. Should I have specified round rattan throughout the raft?

21. 1 I didn't count on his capsizing the raft.

22. Raft repeatedly hurled verbal abuse at his co-star.

23. A providential wind carried the raft to the shore.

24. Gwinn immediately dropped a life raft and radio transmitter.

25. Like being shipwrecked on an island a raft - together.

26. A raft of foreign-owned firms have built new factories.

27. The sailors made a raft by lashing tree-trunks together.

28. Beer Raft – Is a raft or a specially designed inflatable cooler the purpose of which is to hold ice, drinks, food and most importantly adult beverages.

29. He clung tightly to the raft to keep himself afloat.

30. The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.

31. My raft had grown increasingly grotesque reflecting my own transformation.

32. Sailing across the Atlantic on a raft was an adventure.

33. The pilot ditched the plane and climbed out on his raft.

34. Raft Cuando llegamos a los rápidos, dos personas salieron despedidas de la Balsa.When we hit the rapids, two people were thrown from the raft

35. The company has launched a whole raft of new software products.

36. The raft would be more buoyant if it was less heavy.

37. The raft came close to the rocks and then sheered away.

38. I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life.

39. As the boys steadily monotonously drove the raft toward mid - stream.

40. Incredibly, the raft held together till we reached the opposite shore.

41. 22 It was near the thickest whence the raft had issued.

42. Do you know how long we'd last out here without that raft?

43. The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls.

44. ... Again I tried inflating the life raft and this time was successful.

45. Ahoy! Hello, Sailor! Are you up for the task of building the biggest raft in the sea? Controls Collect trash by clicking and build yourself a nice raft

46. 2 a : to keep afloat a raft Buoyed by empty oil drums

47. He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical.

48. We have designed a whole raft of measures to improve the transport system.

49. Research for the deformation and internal forces of piled raft foundation on a thick soft substratum are concerned with not only the interaction between pile, raft and soils but the also the time.

50. A professionally constructed solution pump airlift operation that incorporates a lengthy pontoon raft and divers