rafting
UK/ˈɹɑːftɪŋ/US/ˈɹæftɪŋ/
rafting is the present participle and gerund of raft.
Meaning of raft
Verb
raft (third-person singular simple present rafts, present participle rafting, simple past and past participle rafted)
- To convey on a raft.
- For timber I imported pine logs from Manchuria, rafted them two hundred miles down the Yalu River, three hundred miles over the Yellow Sea, and twenty miles up the Tatung River, where a thirty-five-foot tide lifted the consignment to Pyongyang.1969, Stella Parker Peterson, “Growing Pains”, in It Came in Handy, Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83
- To make into a raft.
- To travel by raft.
- To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
- The ToolStripContainer provides built-in rafting and docking of ToolStrip, MenuStrip, and StatusStrip controls.2007, Dinesh Maidasani, Straight to the Point - Visual Basic 2005, page 11
Noun
rafting (uncountable)
- The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
Words formed from rafting
Phrases with rafting
Questions about rafting
- What does rafting mean?
- Rafting means the sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
- What is rafting the present participle and gerund of?
- Rafting is the present participle and gerund of raft.
- What part of speech is rafting?
- Rafting is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rafting?
- Rafting is pronounced /ˈɹɑːftɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near rafting in the dictionary
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