From Longman Business Dictionary afloat a‧float / əˈfləʊtəˈfloʊt / adjective COMMERCE having enough money to operate or stay out of debt Matthew has been selling key assets just to keep the business afloat. In spite of my warnings about leaving the boat where it would stay afloat, the inevitable had happened and he was stranded.( of an organization) Having enough money to continue to operate ( of a private individual, family, etc.) able to pay ones expenses, able to keep ones head above water. The Chattahoochee was too shallow to keep barges afloat in the navigable waterway south of Atlanta. The lobby was afloat with men, single and married, meeting pretty women in bright dresses and pants suits, single and married.The swimsuits and trunks have attached foam shoulders to help keep kids afloat.The Normandie, due on May 18, promises luxury afloat.Covered with water bearing floating articles flooded. It was near low water now, and I had to get the dinghy afloat. floating A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.Hereford lived dangerously but by half time were still managing to keep afloat.Those in the water tried to hold on to the boats that were still afloat.I moved my hands and feet slightly to stay afloat.Theres no way this thing will keep afloat out there 2.To cause or enable someone or something to remain floating on the surface of a body of. The sailor somehow managed to keep afloat for nearly an hour after being knocked overboard in the storm. afloat adverb Examples from the Corpus afloat To remain floating on the surface of a body of water. 2 ON/ON TOP OF floating on water keep (somebody/something) afloat/stay afloat Somehow we kept the ship afloat. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English afloat a‧float / əˈfləʊt $ əˈfloʊt / adjective 1 ENOUGH having enough money to operate or stay out of debt keep (somebody/something) afloat/stay afloat The Treasury borrowed £40 billion, just to stay afloat.
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