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Noun raft has 2 senses

raft - a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
--₁ is a kind of float
--₁ has particulars: balsa raft, Kon Tiki; life raft, Carling float
Derived forms: verb raft₃, verb raft₂, verb raft₁
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew - (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"
--₂ is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
--₂ has particulars: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent

Verb raft has 3 senses

raft - transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
--₁ is one way to transport

Derived form: noun raft₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
--₂ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived forms: noun raft₁, noun rafter₂
Sample sentences:
They raft the river
They raft down the river
raft - make into a raft; "raft these logs"
--₃ is one way to manufacture, fabricate, construct

Derived form: noun raft₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something