English-Thai Dictionary

raft

N จำนวนมาก  jam-nuan-mak

 

raft

N แพ  float pea

 

raft

VI ล่องแพ  เดินทาง โดย แพ  ขนส่ง ทาง แพ  long-pea

 

rafter

N คาน ค้ำ หลังคา  จัน ทัน  kan-kam-lang-ka

 

rafting

N การ แข่ง แพ  การ เดินทาง ด้วย แพ  kan-kang-pea

 

raftsman

N คน แพ  คน ถ่อ แพ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAFT

n.[Gr. to sew that is, to fasten together, and allied to reeve; or Gr. whence a flooring. See Rafter and Roof. ] An assemblage of boards, planks or pieces of timber fastened together horizontally and floated down a stream; a float.

 

RAFT

pp. [L. rapio; bereafian, to snatch away, to bereave. ] Torn; rent; severed. Obs.

 

RAFTER

n.[Gr. to cover; a roof. ] A roof timber; a piece of timber that extends from the plate of a building to the ridge and serves to support the covering of the roof.

 

RAFTERED

a.Built or furnished with rafters.

 

RAFTY

a.Damp; musty. [Local. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAFT

RAFT Raft, obs.

 

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Reave. Spenser.

 

RAFT

Raft, n. Etym: [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. rafo, ravo, a beam, rafter, Icel. raf roof. Cf. Rafter, n.]

 

1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.

 

2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States ), which obstructs navigation. [U.S.]

 

3. Etym: [Perhaps akin to raff a heap. ]

 

Defn: A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A whole raft of folks. " W. D. Howells. Raft bridge. (a ) A bridge whose points of support are rafts. (b ) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together. -- Raft duck. Etym: [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zoöl.) (a ) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also flock duck. See Scaup. (b ) The redhead. -- Raft port (Naut. ), a large, square port in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a timber or lumber port.

 

RAFT

Raft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rafting. ]

 

Defn: To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.

 

RAFTE

RAFTE Raf "te, obs.

 

Defn: imp. of Reave. Chaucer.

 

RAFTER

RAFTER Raft "er, n.

 

Defn: A raftsman.

 

RAFTER

Raft "er, n. Etym: [AS. ræfter; akin to E. raft, n. See Raft. ] (Arch. )

 

Defn: Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post. [Courtesy ] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters,than in tapestry halls. Milton.

 

RAFTER

RAFTER Raft "er, v. t.

 

1. To make into rafters, as timber.

 

2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.

 

3. (Agric.)

 

Defn: To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng. ]

 

RAFTING

RAFTING Raft "ing, n.

 

Defn: The business of making or managing rafts.

 

RAFTSMAN

Rafts "man, n.; pl. Raftsmen (.

 

Defn: A man engaged in rafting.

 

RAFTY

Raf "ty, a. Etym: [Perhaps akin to G. reif hoarfrost. ]

 

Defn: Damp; musty. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

raft

raft 1 |raft ræft | ▶noun a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform. • a small, inflatable rubber or plastic boat, esp. one for use in emergencies. • a floating mass of fallen trees, vegetation, ice, or other material. • a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals: great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong. • a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building. ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] travel on or as if on a raft: I have rafted along the Rio Grande. • [ with obj. ] transport on or as a raft: the stores were rafted ashore | I rafted 400 logs to my mill. • (of an ice floe ) be driven on top of or underneath another floe. 2 [ with obj. ] bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects ) side by side. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter ’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter. ’ The verb dates from the late 17th cent.

 

raft

raft 2 |ræft raft | ▶noun a large amount of something: a raft of government initiatives. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: alteration of dialect raff ‘abundance ’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin ), by association with raft 1 in the sense ‘floating mass. ’

 

rafter

raft er 1 |ˈraftər ˈræftər | ▶noun one of several internal beams extending from the eaves to the peak of a roof and constituting its framework. ORIGIN Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin; related to raft 1 .

 

rafter

raft er 2 |ˈræftər ˈraftər | ▶noun a person who travels on a raft.

 

raftered

raft ered |ˈraftərd ˈræftərd | ▶adjective (of a room or ceiling ) having exposed rafters. • built using rafters: raftered roofs.

 

rafting

raft ing |ˈraftiNG ræftɪŋ | ▶noun the sport or pastime of traveling down a river on a raft.

 

raftsman

rafts man |ˈraftsmən ˈræftsmən | ▶noun ( pl. raftsmen ) a man who works on a raft.

 

raft spider

raft spider ▶noun a large European spider which frequents pools and swamps, reaching through the surface to capture insects, tadpoles, and sometimes small fish. ●Genus Dolomedes, family Pisauridae.

 

Oxford Dictionary

raft

raft 1 |rɑːft | ▶noun 1 a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform. • a small inflatable rubber or plastic boat, especially one for use in emergencies. • a floating mass of fallen trees, vegetation, ice, or other material. • a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals: great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong. 2 a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building. ▶verb 1 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] travel on or as if on a raft: I have rafted along the Rio Grande. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] transport on or as if on a raft: the stores were rafted ashore. • (of an ice floe ) be driven on top of or underneath another floe. 2 [ with obj. ] bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects ) side by side. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter ’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter ’. The verb dates from the late 17th cent.

 

raft

raft 2 |rɑːft | ▶noun a large amount of something: a raft of government initiatives. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: alteration of dialect raff ‘abundance ’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin ), by association with raft 1 in the sense ‘floating mass ’.

 

rafter

rafter 1 |ˈrɑːftə | ▶noun a beam forming part of the internal framework of a roof. ORIGIN Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin; related to raft 1 .

 

rafter

rafter 2 |ˈrɑːftə | ▶noun a person who travels on a raft. • a lumberjack who fastens logs into a raft to transport them by water.

 

raftered

raf |tered ▶adjective (of a room or ceiling ) having exposed rafters.

 

rafting

rafting |ˈrɑːftɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the sport or pastime of travelling down a river on a raft.

 

raftsman

rafts |man |ˈrɑːf (t )smən | ▶noun ( pl. raftsmen ) a man who works on a raft.

 

raft spider

raft spider ▶noun a large European spider which frequents pools and swamps, reaching through the surface to capture insects, tadpoles, and sometimes small fish. ●Genus Dolomedes, family Pisauridae.

 

Duden Dictionary

Raft

Raft Substantiv, Neutrum , das |R a ft |englisch raft, eigentlich = Floß, zu: rafter = (Dach )sparren, aus dem Altnordischen 1 schwimmende Insel aus [Treib ]holz 2 Schlauchboot, mit dem Rafting betrieben wird

 

raften

raf ten schwaches Verb Jargon |r a ften |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « oder »ist « Rafting betreiben

 

Rafter

Raf ter Substantiv, maskulin Jargon , der |R a fter |der Rafter; Genitiv: des Rafters, Plural: die Rafter jemand, der Rafting betreibt

 

Rafterin

Raf te rin Substantiv, feminin , die |R a fterin |weibliche Form zu Rafter

 

Rafting

Raf ting Substantiv, Neutrum , das |R a fting |das Rafting; Genitiv: des Raftings englisch rafting = das Flößen, Floßfahren, zu: to raft = flößen, zu: raft, Raft das Wildwasserfahren einer Gruppe im Schlauchboot

 

Raftingtour

Raf ting tour Substantiv, feminin , die |R a ftingtour |Tour mit einem mit mehreren Personen besetzten Schlauchboot auf einem Wildwasser

 

French Dictionary

raft

raft FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour radeau pneumatique.

 

rafting

rafting FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour radeau .

 

Spanish Dictionary

rafting

rafting nombre masculino Deporte de aventura que consiste en descender varias personas en una embarcación sin motor por un río de aguas bravas .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘raftin ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

raft

raft 1 /ræft |rɑːft /名詞 C 1 いかだ .2 (水泳用の )浮き台 .3 (船や飛行機に備えつけの )救命用小型ゴムボート ▸ a life [rubber ] raft 救命 [ゴム ]ボート 4 浮き桟橋 .5 浮遊物の塊 〘木片 海藻など 〙.動詞 自動詞 他動詞 〈人が 〉 (〈川など 〉を ) いかだで旅する ; (〈物 〉を )いかだで運ぶ ; (…を )いかだに組む .

 

raft

raft 2 名詞 C ｟主に米話 ｠〖通例a (whole ) ～ of A 〗多数 [量 ]のA ▸ a raft of policies 非常に多くの政策

 

rafter

raft er 1 /rǽftə r |rɑ́ːftə r /名詞 C 〘建 〙〖通例 ～s 〗(屋根を支える )たる木 .r á ft ered 形容詞 たる木のついた .

 

rafter

raft er 2 名詞 ＝raftsman .

 

rafting

r á ft ing 名詞 U ラフティング 〘いかだやゴムボートでの川下り 〙.

 

raftsman

rafts man /rǽftsmən |rɑ́ːfts -/名詞 複 -men C いかだ乗り (｟男女共用 ｠rafter 2 ).