Associations to the word «Afloat»

Wiktionary

AFLOAT, adverb. Floating
AFLOAT, adverb. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded.
AFLOAT, adverb. Out at sea.
AFLOAT, adverb. Making successful progress under one's own steam.

Dictionary definition

AFLOAT, adjective. Aimlessly drifting.
AFLOAT, adjective. Borne on the water; floating.
AFLOAT, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats