Afloat - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com If something's afloat, it's drifting on the water When you sail toy boats, you set them afloat across a pond or lake You can set something afloat, like an inner tube in a pool or a leaf on a stream, or you can struggle to stay afloat, as when the passengers of a capsized boat try to keep their heads above water
afloat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea They was the roughest crew afloat, was Flint’s; the devil himself would have been feared to go to sea with them Under water (bearing floating objects) (figurative, of ideas, information, etc ) In or into circulation or currency
Afloat - definition of afloat by The Free Dictionary 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 definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat Three hours is a long time to try to stay afloat in these conditions