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afloat::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected |
afloat::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of afloat
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The senior standout led all scorers with 28 points to help keep his team afloat.
From the thenewstribune.com
He said small businesses need help and mentoring to get started and stay afloat.
From the dailyherald.com
The world of small presses, fellowships and spartan living have kept him afloat.
From the latimes.com
The publisher and the owner have taken it upon themselves to keep people afloat.
From the theatlantic.com
To stay afloat, he has closed the restaurant for lunch, focusing on dinner only.
From the charlotteobserver.com
That is what they want, they live for, they breathe air for and stay afloat for.
From the chron.com
One is to turn to Uncle Sam to keep the economy and the financial system afloat.
From the washingtonpost.com
Analysts say they will keep the industry afloat even as the rest of us cut back.
From the sltrib.com
The former MG Rover directors claim they kept the company afloat for five years.
From the express.co.uk
- Adrift(p): aimlessly drifting
- Afloat(p): borne on the water; floating
- Afloat(p): 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"
- Afloat is an album by Zhao Wei. The album's English title is Afloat, while Amazon.co.uk released it as Piao, which is the pinyin of the Chinese title.This album sold out 300,000 in first ten days.
- Floating; out at sea; making successful progress under one's own steam
- The coffee is in route on a ship.
- Of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). More generally of vessels in service ("the company has 10 ships afloat").
- Obviously when floating in water but also in a personal sense when aboard a boat: "I'm afloat".
- Floating, as opposed to being aground.
