a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
"After the log jam broke loose, we scrambled onto the makeshift raft to avoid being swept downstream."
(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"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money"
a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
"The construction crew spent weeks building a massive raft to support the skyscraper's heavy base on the unstable soil."
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
"We had to wait in a raft of traffic before finally reaching the office park."
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
To convey on a raft.
"The storm had rafted away all our supplies before we could secure them to the dock."
simple past tense and past participle of reave