ALL meanings of afloat
a·float
A a - adverb afloat If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink. 3
- adverb afloat If a person, business, or country stays afloat or is kept afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating. 3
- adjective afloat floating 3
- adjective afloat aboard ship; at sea 3
- adjective afloat covered with water; flooded 3
- adjective afloat aimlessly drifting 3
- adjective afloat in circulation; afoot 3
- adjective afloat free of debt; solvent 3
- adjective afloat floating freely; not grounded; esp., floating on the surface; not sinking 3
- adjective afloat on board ship; at sea 3
- adjective afloat flooded 3
- adjective afloat drifting about 3
- adjective afloat in circulation; current 3
- adjective afloat free of trouble, debt, etc., esp. with effort 3
- adverb afloat If a person, a business, or a country stays afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating. 3
- adjective afloat floating on water 1
- adjective afloat business: has enough money 1
- adjective afloat rumour: circulating 1
- noun afloat Floating in water; not sinking. 1
- adverb afloat floating. 0
- adverb afloat Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded. 0
- adverb afloat Out at sea. 0
- adverb afloat Making successful progress under one's own steam. 0