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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Afloat \A*float"\ ([.a]*fl[=o]t"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + float.]
     1. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              On such a full sea are we now afloat. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Moving; passing from place to place; in general
        circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our
        affairs are all afloat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as,
        the decks are afloat.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  afloat
     adv.
     float.
     prep.
     (lb en obsolete) Floating on.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  afloat
     adv.
     float.
     prep.
     (lb en obsolete) Floating on.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  afloat
     adv.
     float.
     prep.
     (lb en obsolete) Floating on.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  afloat
     adv.
     float.
     prep.
     (lb en obsolete) Floating on.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  afloat
     Englanti adv.
     1 pinnalla, kelluvana, vesillä, vesille; veden varassa
     2 pystyssä, maksukykyisenä
     3 merellä, merillä, laivalla

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  afloat
     Engelska a.
     1 flytande; som undviker att sjunka
     2 ute till sjöss eller till havs
     Engelska adv.
     1 flytande; som undviker att sjunka
     2 ute till sjöss eller till havs

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  طافيًا

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  afloat //əˈfloʊt// 
  1. на вода, по море
  at sea
  2. плуващ
  floating

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/ 
  nejistý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  na vodě

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/ 
  plovoucí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  plovoucí na vodě

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  vznášející ve vzduchu

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  über Wasser
   see: water, gravitational water, aggressive water, corrosive water, purified water, distilled water, aqua purificata, pressing water, dystrophic water, wetted water, decationized water, running water, connate water, fossil water, external water, other water, combined water, constitutional water, artesian water, hard water, hygroscopic water, hygroscopic moisture, absorbed water, primitive water, juvenile water, acid water, muddy water, stagnant water, circulating water, subsurface water, underground water, subterranean water, soft water, headsword, waterborne, can't hold a candle to sb., tread water, paddle, They still put their trousers / pants on one leg at a time (like everybody else / just like you/we do).
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
   [coll.] flüssig, zahlungsfähig 
        "The inheritance kept him afloat."  - Aufgrund der Erbschaft blieb er flüssig.
        "We need to try to keep the business afloat."  - Wir müssen schauen, dass der Betrieb zahlungsfähig bleibt.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  schwimmend, flott  [naut.]
        "ashore or afloat"  - an Land oder im Wasser
        "the largest ship afloat in the world"  - das größte schwimmende Schiff der Welt
        "keep sth. afloat"  - etw. über Wasser halten
   see: goods afloat, keep afloat, keep afloat
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  
  επιπλέων

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  afloat //əˈfloʊt// 
  1. meri
  at sea
  2. pinta
  floating

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/ 
  1. तैरता~हुआ, बहता~हुआ
        "A small boat was on afloat beside a huge one."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  koji plovi, na brodu, na moru, na vodi, ploveći, plutajući, u jeku, u pokretu, u toku

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  1. hajón
  2. levegôben úszva
  3. lebegve
  4. forgalomban
  5. úszva
  6. úszó állapotban
  7. vízen
  8. tengeren
  9. elterjedve

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  afloat /əˈfləʊt/ 
    na powierzchni

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  afloat /ɐflˈəʊt/
  1. yüzmekte
  2. su dolmuş
  3. su  basmış
  4. havada. Rumors are afloat. Ortalıkta şayialar dolaşıyor. The firm is afloat. şirket masrafım çIkarıyor.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈfɫoʊt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 飘浮在水上或空中,在海上的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 漂浮的,浸水的;在海上;景气的;流传的,传播的

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