Meaning of AFLOAT
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\A*float"\, adv. & a.
Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as,
the decks are afloat.
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