raft

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
2. (broadly) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
3. A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
4. (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
5. (US, slang) A slice of toast.
6. A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
7. A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.

Verb

1. (transitive) To convey on a raft.
2. (transitive) To make into a raft.
3. (intransitive) To travel by raft.
4. To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.

Verb

simple past and past participle of reave

reave

1. (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
2. (archaic) To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

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Konzepte

Floß

Holzfloß

Schlauchboot

Meute

Rettungsboot

Rotte

Rudel

Schafherde

Schule

🏫

Schwarm

Sprung

Floss

Pack

📦

Fähre

⛴️

Schwimmbrett

Flöße

Herde

Synonyme

float

boat

⛵

mess

sight

vessel

pontoon

pile

lot

stack

plenty

hatful

deal

batch

mountain

⛰️

heap

heaps

great deal

lots

mass

good deal

pot

flock

catamaran

peck

ship

🚢

quite a little

wad

slew

spate

passel

muckle

nest

mickle

ferry

⛴️

mint

tidy sum

circle

⭕

chowder

bevy

cartload

bed

🛏️

ascension

canoe

🛶

busyness

battery

🔋

exaltation

business

erst

dugout

bury

Übersetzungen

radeau

balsa

zattera

vlot

balsa

σχεδία

jangada

rai

armadía

houtvlot

masse

μαούνα

tramada

almadía

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɹɑːft/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: -

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: raft

Verwandt mit Dänisch: raft

Verwandt mit Albanisch: trap

In summary

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep- (“stake, beam”). See also Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).