afloat   (Sound)

The adj afloat has 3 senses

• adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected -- (aimlessly drifting)


• afloat -- (borne on the water; floating)


• afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing -- (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")