What is the meaning of AFLOAT. Phrases containing AFLOAT
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Of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). More generally of vessels in service ("the company has 10 ships afloat").
A Second World War personal flotation device used to keep people afloat in the water; named after the 1930s actress Mae West, well known for her large bosom.
Not moving. Uused only when a vessel is afloat and neither tied up nor anchored.
Overcoat
A popular colloquial name for a sailor (also called Jack Afloat).
Intoxicated
Senior Canadian Officer Present Afloat.
Bucket afloat is old London Cockney rhyming slang for a coat.
Coat
A method of surveying the underwater parts of a ship while it is still afloat instead of having to drydock it for examination.
I'm afloat is London Cockney rhyming slang for boat.I'm afloat is London Cockney rhyming slang for an overcoat.
A ship, abandoned by her crew, but still afloat.
Intoxicated
All afloat was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a coat.
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adv. & a.
Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
adv.
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
v. t.
To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
n.
An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
v. i.
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
adv. & a.
Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
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Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
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