AFLOAT

adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.

2.
adv.

Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.

3.
adv.

Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.


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