![]() ![]() 1757, William Burke and Edmund Burke, An Account of the European Settlements in America, London: R.1587 Raphael Holinshed et al., Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 3, Edward I, p. 298, setting a lie aflote.Synonyms: circulating, in circulation, current ) Being believed or discussed by many people being passed from person to person. 2010, Nadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 67, The clan handouts that kept other Somalis afloat were absent here, as the Yibros were so few and so poor.the price poor Jos Osborne had paid for her two horses was in itself sufficient to keep their little establishment afloat for a year, at least Synonyms: on one's feet, solvent Antonyms: bankrupt, insolvent ( of an organization) Having enough money to continue to operate ( of a private individual, family, etc.) able to pay one's expenses, able to keep one's head above water.1979, Bernard Malamud, Dubin’s Lives, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, Part 1, p. 51, The lobby was afloat with men, single and married, meeting pretty women in bright dresses and pants suits, single and married.1935, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mistress Pat, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937, p. 100, The world was afloat in primrose light, pale and exquisite.Lawrence, The White Peacock, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 2, p. 233, The larch-wood was afloat with clear, lyric green, ![]() ( figuratively ) Covered, overspread ( with or in something).Jody looked out of the window and saw two drowned biddies floating about with upturned bellies. 1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling, New York: Scribner, Chapter 19, p. 233, The yard was afloat.Swalle, “Staffordshire,” it overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile 1695, Edmund Gibson (translator), Camden’s Britannia, London: A. ![]()
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