noun

1. a flat, buoyant structure of logs, boards, barrels, etc. fastened together; specif., one used like a boat as in an emergency or in shallow water
2. a similar structure anchored in a river or lake and used by divers, swimmers, etc.
3. a flat-bottomed, inflatable device, as of rubber, for floating on water

Etymology: ME rafte, beam, rafter < ON raptr, log: see rafter

transitive verb

1. to transport on a raft
2. to make into a raft

intransitive verb

noun

Etymology: < raff, sense (with unhistoric -t)