afloat

Adverb

 * 1) In or into a state of floating.
 * In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea.
 * 1) Under water (bearing floating objects).
 * 2) * 1695, (translator),  Britannia, London: A. Swalle, “Staffordshire,”
 * it [the ] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile.
 * 1)  In or into circulation or currency.
 * 2)  In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.
 * 1) Under water (bearing floating objects).
 * 2) * 1695, (translator),  Britannia, London: A. Swalle, “Staffordshire,”
 * it [the ] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile.
 * 1)  In or into circulation or currency.
 * 2)  In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.
 * it [the ] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile.
 * 1)  In or into circulation or currency.
 * 2)  In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.
 * 1)  In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.
 * 1)  In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.
 * 1)  In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.

Adjective

 * 1) Floating.
 * In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
 * 1) Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc.
 * 2) Covered with water, bearing floating objects.
 * 3)  Covered, overspread, filled (with or in something).
 * 4)  Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses;  keeping one's head above water.
 * 5)  Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
 * 6)  Stimulated, aroused, activated.
 * 7)  In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.
 * 8) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * 1)  Covered, overspread, filled (with or in something).
 * 2)  Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses;  keeping one's head above water.
 * 3)  Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
 * 4)  Stimulated, aroused, activated.
 * 5)  In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.
 * 6) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * 1)  Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses;  keeping one's head above water.
 * 2)  Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
 * 3)  Stimulated, aroused, activated.
 * 4)  In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.
 * 5) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * 1)  Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
 * 2)  Stimulated, aroused, activated.
 * 3)  In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.
 * 4) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * 1)  Stimulated, aroused, activated.
 * 2)  In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.
 * 3) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * 1)  In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.
 * 2) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * 1) * 1789,, letter to dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p.201,
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.
 * I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.

Usage notes
As an adjective, afloat can be used only postpositively: The cardboard ships were afloat in the bathtub, or The cardboard ships, afloat in the bathtub, were soon waterlogged; but not *The afloat toys soon sank because they were made of cardboard.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 浮着地
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: a flote


 * Bulgarian: на вода, по море
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: a flote
 * Romanian: pe apă, pe mare
 * Russian: в мо́ре, на мо́ре, на воде́

Preposition

 * 1)  Floating upon.
 * 2) * early 1600s, and, , London: Thomas Johnson, 1661, ActI, Scene1,
 * But Huswife, as for you, / You with your Brat, wee’l send afloat the Main,