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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Afloat \A*float"\, adv & a.
Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as
the decks are afloat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Afloat \A*float"\ ([.a]*fl[=o]t"), adv & a. [Pref. a- + float.]
1. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
On such a full sea are we now afloat. --Shak.
2. Moving passing from place to place in general
circulation; as a rumor is afloat.
3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as our
affairs are all afloat.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
afloat
adj 1: aimlessly drifting [syn: {adrift(p)}, {afloat(p)}, {aimless},
{directionless}, {planless}, {rudderless}, {undirected}]
2: borne on the water; floating [syn: {afloat(p)}] [ant: {aground(p)},
{sunken}]
3: 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"
[syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {flooded}, {inundated}, {overflowing}]
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