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afloat

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a·float  (-flt)
adv. & adj.
1. In a floating position or condition.
2. On a boat or ship away from the shore; at sea.
3. In circulation; prevailing: Rumors are afloat.
4. Awash; flooded.
5. Drifting about; moving without guidance.
6. Free or out of difficulty, especially financial difficulty: couldn't keep the business afloat.

afloat
Adjective
1. floating
2. free of debt: his goal is to keep the company afloat
3. aboard ship
Adverb
1. floating
2. free of debt
3. aboard ship; at sea
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.afloatafloat - aimlessly drifting                  
purposeless - not evidencing any purpose or goal
2.afloat - borne on the water; floating
aground - stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it"
3.afloat - 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"
full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

afloat
adjective 1. floating, on the surface, buoyant, keeping your head above water, unsubmerged << OPPOSITE sunken
adjective 2. solvent, in business, above water << OPPOSITE bankrupt
Translations

afloat [əˈfləut] adv (= floating) → a flote;
(at sea) → en el mar
afloat [əˈfləut] adjà flot
adv to stay afloat → surnager;
to keep/get a business afloat → maintenir à flot/lancer une affaire
afloat [əˈfləut] advauf dem Wasser
adj to be afloat → schwimmen;
to stay afloat → sich über Wasser halten;
to keep/get a business afloat → ein Geschäft über Wasser halten/auf die Beine stellen
afloat [əˈfləut] adj, adva galla

afloat
adj afloat [əˈfləut]
floating We've got the boat afloat at last. drywend طَافِ عَلَى سَطْحِ المَاء، عَائِم плаващ plovoucí, na vodě flydende schwimmen που επιπλέει a flote ujuvil شناور vesillä à flot צָף तैरता हुआ, बहता हुआ koji pliva vízen terapung, banjir, tersebar á floti, fljótandi a galla, galleggiante 浮かんで plaukiantis dabūt laivu nost no sēkļa apung drijvend flytende utrzymujący się na powierzchni wody, pływający a flutuar pe apă на плаву na vode (plávajúci), vo vzduchu (vznášajúci sa) splavljen plutajući flytande, flott ลอย yüzer durumda 漂浮的 на воді, на плаву پانی پر تیرتا ہوا nổi trên nước


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277 D: The poet of the "War of the Titans", whether Eumelus of Corinth or Arctinus, writes thus in his second book: `Upon the shield were dumb fish afloat, with golden faces, swimming and sporting through the heavenly water.
In all the devious tracings the course of a sailing-ship leaves upon the white paper of a chart she is always aiming for that one little spot - maybe a small island in the ocean, a single headland upon the long coast of a continent, a lighthouse on a bluff, or simply the peaked form of a mountain like an ant-heap afloat upon the waters.
Burges, Duer and Mackenzie, 1843; The French Governess; or, The Embroidered Handkerchief, 1843; Richard Dale, 1843; Wyandotte, 1843; Ned Myers, or Life before the Mast, 1843; Afloat and Ashore (Miles Wallingford, Lucy Hardinge), two series, 1844; Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, etc.
 
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