 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
afloat
adjective
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Afloat \A*float"\ ([.a]*fl[=o]t"), adverb & 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.
4. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as,
the decks are afloat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
157 Moby Thesaurus words for "afloat":
aboard, accidental, accompanying, ado, adrift, afoot, all aboard,
aloft, alternating, amorphous, astir, at flood, at sea,
athwart the hawse, athwarthawse, awash, aweigh, bandied about,
before the mast, bruited about, by sea, by water, capricious,
cast-off, changeable, changeful, circumstantial, clear, current,
deluged, desultory, deviable, dizzy, doing, drowned, eccentric,
engulfed, erratic, eventuating, fast and loose, fickle, fitful,
flickering, flighty, flitting, floating, flooded, fluctuating,
freakish, free, giddy, going about, going around, going on,
happening, impetuous, impulsive, in circulation, in hand, in sail,
in spate, in the air, in the news, in the wind, incidental,
inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, inflood, inundated,
irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, loose, made public, mazy,
mercurial, moody, occasional, occurring, on, on board,
on board ship, on deck, on foot, on shipboard, ongoing,
overwhelmed, passing, prevailing, prevalent, rambling, reported,
restless, resultant, rickety, rife, roving, rumored,
scatterbrained, shaky, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling,
spasmodic, spineless, started, swamped, swept, taking place,
talked about, topside, unaccountable, unanchored, unbound,
uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, under way, undisciplined,
undone, unfastened, unfixed, unmoored, unpredictable, unreliable,
unrestrained, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid,
unsteadfast, unsteady, unstuck, untied, vacillating, vagrant,
variable, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering,
wanton, washed, water-borne, water-washed, wavering, wavery, wavy,
wayward, whelmed, whimsical, whispered, whispered about,
wishy-washy
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