afloat

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. zarf In or into a state of floating.

   “You have so little Brains, that a Penn’orth of Butter melted under ’um, would set ’um afloat:”

2. zarf In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea.

   “[…] that trade […] may likewise employ many useful hands both ashore and afloat,”

3. zarf Under water (bearing floating objects).

   “1695, Edmund Gibson (translator), Camden’s Britannia, London: A. Swalle, “Staffordshire,” […] it [the River Dove] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile.”

4. zarf In or into circulation or currency.

   “setting a lie aflote”

5. zarf In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.

   “No angry passions rise to disturb the silent progress of the work, […] no irritable humours are set afloat:”

6. sıfat Floating.

   “A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.”

7. sıfat In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.

   “[…] that trade […] may likewise employ many useful hands both ashore and afloat,”

8. sıfat Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc. (of hair or clothing)

   “her black hair loose and a-float down her dazzling white neck”

9. sıfat Covered with water, bearing floating objects.

   “The decks are afloat.”

10. sıfat Covered, overspread, filled (with or in something).

    “The larch-wood was afloat with clear, lyric green,”

11. sıfat Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses; (of a private individual, family, etc.) keeping one's head above water.

    “The donation will keep our business afloat for quite a while.”

12. sıfat Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.

    “The supervisor was never fired, though countless accusations of dishonesty were afloat.”

13. sıfat Stimulated, aroused, activated.

    “You’ll find, when once my passion is afloat, / The soul of Caesar, in a petticoat!”

14. sıfat In a state of confusion, bewilderment, or distraction.

    “1789, Edward Gibbon, letter to Lord Sheffield dated August 1789, in Miscellaneous Works, London: A. Strahan et al., 1796, p. 201, I know not what to say; my mind is all afloat; yet you will not reproach me with caprice or inconstancy.”

15. edat Floating upon.

    “early 1600s, John Webster and William Rowley, The Thracian Wonder, London: Thomas Johnson, 1661, Act I, Scene 1, But Huswife, as for you, / You with your Brat, wee’l send afloat the Main,”