afloat

/ə'flout/
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afloat

The small boat stays afloat on the calm lake.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Floating on or in a liquid: Not sinking; resting on the surface of water or another fluid.
    • Covered with water; flooded: Submerged or awash, especially of a ship's deck.
    • At sea; on board a ship: Operating or living on the water.
    • In circulation; current: Being passed around, as rumors or news.
    • Financially solvent; out of debt: Free from financial difficulties; able to pay one's debts.
    • Uncertain or unsettled: In a state of flux or instability.
Examples of Usage
  • Floating:
    • The life jacket kept him afloat in the rough sea.
    • Leaves were afloat on the surface of the pond.
  • Flooded:
    • The heavy rains left the basement afloat.
    • After the leak, the kitchen floor was afloat.
  • At sea:
    • He spent ten years afloat as a merchant sailor.
  • In circulation:
    • There's a strange rumor afloat about the company's future.
  • Financially solvent:
    • With the new investment, the business is finally afloat again.
  • Unsettled:
    • Her plans for the summer were still afloat.
Advanced Usage
  • To keep/stay afloat:
    • To remain floating or on the surface of water.
      • The swimmer struggled to stay afloat.
    • (Figuratively) To manage to survive, especially financially.
      • The small cafe is just barely keeping afloat.
  • To set afloat:
    • To launch something, like a ship or a rumor.
      • They set the new yacht afloat with a champagne ceremony.
      • Who set that malicious gossip afloat?
Variants and Related Words
  • Float (verb): To rest or move on the surface of a liquid.
  • Afloating (adverb, archaic): In a floating state.
  • Flotation (noun): The action of floating or the process of keeping something afloat.
Synonyms
  • Floating: Buoyant, drifting.
  • Flooded: Awash, inundated, submerged.
  • Current: Circulating, prevalent, widespread.
  • Solvent: Debt-free, in the black, profitable.
Related Phrases
  • All hands afloat: A nautical phrase meaning all crew members are on board the ship.
  • Afloat and ashore: Pertaining to both maritime and land-based matters.
afloat

The small boat stays afloat on the calm lake.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. borne on the water; floating
  3. aimlessly drifting

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