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# rafts

noun (plural of raft); verb (third person of raft: he rafts)

«rafts» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Rafts is more than one raft: flat floating platforms or rubber boats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#m1)
2. «Rafts of» can mean lots of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#m2)
3. «He rafts» means he travels on a raft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#m3)

### In the lessons

In design and technology lessons groups build model rafts and compare which floats best and carries the most weight. In stories rafts carry heroes across rivers. Phrases: life rafts, rafts of people, build rafts.

### Examples

- The teams raced their rafts across the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x1)
- Each group built rafts from straws and tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x2)
- The ship carried enough life rafts for everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x3)
- Rafts drifted slowly down the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x4)
- Which of the rafts held the most marbles? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x5)
- My uncle rafts down rivers every summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x6)
- Let us make several rafts, and carry them to a suitable place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/#x7)

### Note

Regular plural: raft + s. In a maths or science table: compare rafts by counting how many coins each held, then find the biggest number.

## In Jewish tradition

In design and technology lessons groups build model rafts and compare which floats best and carries the most weight. In stories rafts carry heroes across rivers. Phrases: life rafts, rafts of people, build rafts.

### Note

Regular plural: raft + s. In a maths or science table: compare rafts by counting how many coins each held, then find the biggest number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rafts» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rafts/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rafts» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rafts.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «rafts» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rafts/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rafts» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rafts.html) on Mova free.