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[ adjective ] aimlessly drifting

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

The concert opened with another big romantic score , Schumann's Overture_to_Manfred , which suffered fate , this time with orchestral thrusts to the Byronic point to keep it afloat .

Related terms

purposeless

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[ adjective ] covered with water

Examples

"the main deck was afloat (or awash)" "the monsoon left the whole place awash" "a flooded bathroom" "inundated farmlands" "an overflowing tub"

Related terms

full

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[ adjective ] borne on the water; floating
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