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  2. AFLOAT definition: 1. floating on water: 2. having enough money to pay what you owe: 3. floating on water: . Learn more.

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

  4. If a person, business, or country stays afloat or is kept afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating. [ business ] A number of efforts were being made to keep the company afloat.

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

  6. If something's afloat, it's drifting on the water. When you sail toy boats, you set them afloat across a pond or lake. You can set something afloat, like an inner tube in a pool or a leaf on a stream, or you can struggle to stay afloat, as when the passengers of a capsized boat try to keep their heads above water.

  7. Definition of afloat adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. What does the word afloat mean? There are 23 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word afloat. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. afloat has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. oceanography (Middle English) nautical (Middle English) finance (mid 1500s) navy (mid 1700s) See meaning & use.