Raft vs. Flood

Raftnoun

A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.

Floodnoun

A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

Raftnoun

A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.

Floodnoun

(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

‘a flood of complaints’;

Raftnoun

A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.

Floodnoun

The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.

Raftnoun

(US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.

Floodnoun

A floodlight.

Raftnoun

A slice of toast.

Floodnoun

Menstrual discharge; menses.

Raftnoun

A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

Floodnoun

(obsolete) Water as opposed to land.

Raftverb

(transitive) To convey on a raft.

Floodverb

To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.

Raftverb

(transitive) To make into a raft.

Floodverb

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

‘The floor was flooded with beer.’; ‘They flooded the room with sewage.’;

Raftverb

(intransitive) To travel by raft.

Floodverb

(figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.

‘The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.’;

Raftverb

(GUI) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.

Floodverb

To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

Raft

imp. & p. p. of Reave.

Floodnoun

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.

‘A covenant never to destroyThe earth again by flood.’;

Raftnoun

A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.

Floodnoun

The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; - opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.

‘There is a tide in the affairs of men,Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.’;

Raftnoun

A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.

Floodnoun

A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

Raftnoun

A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.

Floodnoun

Menstrual disharge; menses.

Raftverb

To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.

Floodverb

To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

Raftnoun

a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

Floodverb

To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

Raftnoun

(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’;

Floodnoun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

‘plains fertilized by annual inundations’;

Raftverb

transport on a raft;

‘raft wood down a river’;

Floodnoun

an overwhelming number or amount;

‘a flood of requests’; ‘a torrent of abuse’;

Raftverb

travel by raft in water;

‘Raft the Colorado River’;

Floodnoun

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

Raftverb

make into a raft;

‘raft these logs’;

Floodnoun

a large flow

Raftnoun

a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform.

Floodnoun

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

Raftnoun

a small inflatable rubber or plastic boat, especially one for use in emergencies.

Floodnoun

the inward flow of the tide;

‘a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune’;

Raftnoun

a floating mass of fallen trees, vegetation, ice, or other material.

Floodverb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;

‘the basement was inundated after the storm’; ‘The images flooded his mind’;

Raftnoun

a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals

‘great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong’;

Floodverb

cover with liquid, usually water;

‘The swollen river flooded the village’; ‘The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes’;

Raftnoun

a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building.

Floodverb

supply with an excess of;

‘flood the market with tennis shoes’; ‘Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient’;

Raftnoun

a large amount of something

‘a raft of government initiatives’;

Floodverb

become filled to overflowing;

‘Our basement flooded during the heavy rains’;

Raftverb

travel on or as if on a raft

‘I have rafted along the Rio Grande’;

Floodnoun

an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land

‘a flood barrier’; ‘the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides’;

Raftverb

transport on or as if on a raft

‘the stores were rafted ashore’;

Floodnoun

the biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race (Gen. 6 ff.).

Raftverb

(of an ice floe) be driven on top of or underneath another floe.

Floodnoun

the inflow of the tide.

Raftverb

bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side

‘we rafted the boats together off the shores of Murchison Island’;

Floodnoun

a river, stream, or sea.

Raft

A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull.

Floodnoun

an outpouring of tears

‘she burst into floods of tears’;

Floodnoun

an overwhelming quantity of things or people happening or appearing at the same time

‘floods of tourists come each year to marvel at the sights’; ‘his column provoked a flood of complaints’;

Floodnoun

short for floodlight

Floodverb

cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood

‘the dam burst, flooding a small town’;

Floodverb

become covered or submerged by a flood

‘Sarah's eyes flooded with tears’; ‘part of the vessel flooded’;

Floodverb

(of a flood) force (someone) to leave their home.

Floodverb

(of a river) become swollen and overflow (its banks).

Floodverb

overfill the carburettor of (an engine) with petrol, causing the engine to fail to start.

Floodverb

arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities

‘sunlight flooded in at the windows’; ‘congratulatory messages flooded in’; ‘his old fears came flooding back’;

Floodverb

completely fill or suffuse

‘she flooded the room with light’;

Floodverb

overwhelm with large amounts or quantities

‘our switchboard was flooded with calls’;

Floodverb

(of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.

Flood

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of , the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide.

‘flowing water’;