What part of speech is rafting?

Rafting can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. rafting is a verb, gerund of raft (infinitive).
  • 2. rafting is a noun, singular of raftings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does rafting mean?

Definitions

Verb

raft - transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
raft - make into a raft; "raft these logs"

Noun

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

Examples of rafting

#   Sentence  
1. noun We hired a guide for our white-water rafting trip.
2. noun Tom went white-water rafting.
3. noun We went whitewater rafting over the weekend.
4. noun Tom and Mary went white-water rafting.
5. noun He went rafting.
6. noun Tom and his friends went rafting.
7. noun I fainted from the heat, and when I came to, I was in a life raft.
8. noun The raft has drifted far off from the shore.
9. noun It was an adventure going down the river on a raft.
10. noun When our ship entered the port, she was no better than a raft.
11. noun In my youth we used to float down the river on a raft.
12. noun The boy went down the river on a raft.
13. noun Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.
14. noun He crossed the immense pacific on a raft.
15. noun Bleeding from her little finger, the nymphomaniac started a hot pursuit with the cops on a stolen raft.
16. verb They're experiencing white water rafting on a class five river.
17. verb Tom has never gone rafting down a river.
18. verb Tom went rafting with his friends.
19. verb Raft wood down a river.
20. verb Raft the Colorado River.
21. verb Raft these logs.
Sentence  
noun
We hired a guide for our white-water rafting trip.
Tom went white-water rafting.
We went whitewater rafting over the weekend.
Tom and Mary went white-water rafting.
He went rafting.
Tom and his friends went rafting.
I fainted from the heat, and when I came to, I was in a life raft.
The raft has drifted far off from the shore.
It was an adventure going down the river on a raft.
When our ship entered the port, she was no better than a raft.
In my youth we used to float down the river on a raft.
The boy went down the river on a raft.
Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.
He crossed the immense pacific on a raft.
Bleeding from her little finger, the nymphomaniac started a hot pursuit with the cops on a stolen raft.
verb
They're experiencing white water rafting on a class five river.
Tom has never gone rafting down a river.
Tom went rafting with his friends.
Raft wood down a river.
Raft the Colorado River.
Raft these logs.

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