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3 definitions found 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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