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  2. adjective [ after verb ] uk / əˈfləʊt / us / əˈfloʊt / Add to word list. floating on water: keep afloat You can keep afloat for longer if you lie on your back. stay afloat He managed to stay afloat by holding on to the side of the boat. She spent seven days afloat on a raft. having enough money to pay what you owe:

  3. The meaning of AFLOAT is borne on or as if on the water. How to use afloat in a sentence.

  4. Definition of 'afloat' afloat. (əfloʊt ) 1. adverb [usually ADVERB after verb, oft v-link ADV, noun ADVERB] If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink. They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat. Three hours is a long time to try to stay afloat in these conditions.

  5. adjective [ after verb ] us / əˈfloʊt / uk / əˈfləʊt / Add to word list. floating on water: keep afloat You can keep afloat for longer if you lie on your back. stay afloat He managed to stay afloat by holding on to the side of the boat. She spent seven days afloat on a raft. having enough money to pay what you owe:

  6. Afloat definition: floating or borne on the water; in a floating condition. See examples of AFLOAT used in a sentence.

  7. If something's afloat, it's drifting on the water. When you sail toy boats, you set them afloat across a pond or lake.

  8. Afloat means floating on water rather than sinking, or in circulation rather than hidden. It can also mean free of debt or solvent. See different sources and translations of afloat.