Afloat Definition

ə-flōt
adjective
In a floating position or condition.
American Heritage
Floating freely; not grounded; esp., floating on the surface; not sinking.
Webster's New World
On a boat or ship away from the shore; at sea.
American Heritage
On board ship; at sea.
Webster's New World
In circulation; prevailing.
Rumors are afloat.
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adverb

Floating.

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Out at sea.

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Making successful progress under one's own steam.

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Afloat Sentence Examples

  • Navy and is the oldest, technically active warship afloat.

  • She was no longer confined in purgatory, afloat in space.

  • The customs and political surveillance along the coast is entrusted, afloat, to the Massawa naval station, and, ashore, to a coastguard company 400 strong stationed at Meder, with detachments at Assab, Massawa, Raheita, Edd and Taclai.

  • After unbolting the cover, the units can be withdrawn with the ferry afloat.

  • In the early part of the Revolutionary war, ill health kept him at home, and it was not until 1797 that he went afloat again.

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Words Starting With

AAFAFL

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TATOAT

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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