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1. (adj.) afloat
floating on the water.
2. afloat
on board a ship; at sea.
3. afloat
covered with water; flooded:
The main deck was afloat.
4. afloat
drifting; adrift.
5. afloat
circulating; in circulation.
6. afloat
financially solvent.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME, OE on flote. See a -1, float)
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| Definition of 'afloat' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
aimlessly drifting
2. (adj) afloat(p)
borne on the water; floating
3. (adj) afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing
covered with water
"the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
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| Definition of 'afloat' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. afloat
borne on the water; floating; on board ship
2. afloat
moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat
3. afloat
unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat
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Sense: floating
We've got the boat afloat at last.
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 Afrikaans: drywend |
 Arabic: طَافِ عَلَى سَطْحِ المَاء |
 Bulgarian: плаващ |
 Brazilian: flutuando |
 Czech: plovoucí, na vodě |
 German: schwimmen |
 Danish: flydende |
 Greek: που επιπλέει |
 Spanish: a flote |
 Estonian: ujuvil |
 Farsi: شناور |
 Finnish: kelluva |
 French: à flot |
 Hebrew: צָף |
 Hindi: तैरता हुआ, बहता हुआ |
 Croatian: koji pliva |
 Hungarian: vízen |
 Indonesian: terapung, banjir, terseba |
 Icelandic: á floti, fljótandi |
 Italian: a galla, galleggiante |
 Japanese: 浮かんで |
 Korean: (물위에) 떠서 |
 Lithuanian: plaukiantis |
 Latvian: dabūt laivu nost no sēkļa |
 Malay: apung |
 Dutch: drijvend |
 Norwegian: flytende |
 Polish: utrzymujący się na powier |
 Persian: شناور |
 Pashto: لامبو زن |
 Portuguese: a flutuar |
 Romanian: pe apă |
 Russian: на плаву |
 Slovak: na vode (plávajúci), vo v |
 Slovenian: splavljen |
 Serbian: plutajući |
 Swedish: flytande, flott |
 Thai: ลอย |
 Turkish: yüzer durumda |
 Taiwanese: 漂浮的 |
 Ukrainian: на воді, на плаву |
 Urdu: پانی پر تیرتا ہوا |
 Vietnamese: nổi trên nước |
 Chinese: 漂浮的 |
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