[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

raft \raft\, v. t. imp.  p. p. rafted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   rafting.
   to transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make
   into a raft; as, to raft timber.
   1913 webster
see also:
rafted rafting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

raft \raft\ r.aft, obs.
   imp.  p. p. of reave. --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
reave 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

raft \raft\, n. originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. icel. raptr
   a rafter; akin to dan. raft, prov. g. raff a rafter, spar;
   cf. ohg. r=afo, r=avo, a beam, rafter, icel. r=af 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. perhaps akin to raff a heap. a large collection of
      people or things taken indiscriminately. slang, u. s. "a
      whole raft of folks." --w. d. howells.
      1913 webster

   raft bridge.
      a a bridge whose points of support are rafts.
      b a bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened
          together.

   raft duck. the name alludes to its swimming in dense
      flocks. zool.
      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.
      1913 webster
see also:
rafter raft bridge raft duck flock duck scaup raft port 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reave \reave\ r=ev, v. t. imp.  p. p. reaved r=evd,
   reft re^ft, or raft r.aft obs.; p. pr.  vb. n.
   reaving. as. re'afian, from re'af spoil, plunder,
   clothing, re'ofan to break cf. bire'ofan to deprive of;
   akin to g. rauben to rob, icel. raufa to rob, rj=ufa to
   break, violate, goth. bir'aub=on to despoil, l. rumpere
   to break; cf. skr. lup to break. root114. cf. bereave,
   rob, v. t., robe, rove, v. i., rupture.
   to take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
   rob; to despoil; to bereave. archaic. "to reave his life."
   --spenser.
   1913 webster

         he golden apples raft of the dragon.     --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         if the wooers reave
         by privy stratagem my life at home.      --chapman.
   1913 webster

         to reave the orphan of his patrimony.    --shak.
   1913 webster

         the heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
                                                  --tennyson.
   1913 webster
see also:
reaved reft raft reaving bereave rob 
robe rove rupture 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

raft
     n 1: a flat float usually made of logs or planks that can be
          used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
     2: often followed by `of' a large number or amount or extent;
        "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
        money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
        have cost plenty" syn: batch, deal, flock, good
        deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
         mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot,
         quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
        sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
     v 1: transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
     2: travel by raft in water; "raft the colorado river"
     3: make into a raft; "raft these logs"
see also:
batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful 
heap lot mass mess mickle 
mint muckle peck pile plenty 
pot quite a little sight slew spate 
stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

62 moby thesaurus words for "raft":
   carling float, balsa, balsa raft, barge, batch, boat, bob, boom,
   buoy, bus, cart, coach, considerable, cork, deal, dray, ferry,
   float, gobs, good deal, great deal, haul, heap, heaps, lashings,
   life buoy, life preserver, life raft, lighter, loads, lot, lots,
   mess, mint, oodles, pack, peck, pile, piles, pontoon, pot,
   quite a little, rafts, scads, ship, sight, sled, sledge, slew,
   slews, spate, stack, stacks, surfboard, tidy sum, truck, van, wad,
   wads, wagon, wheelbarrow, whole slew

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