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afloat

/əˈfləʊt/

US pronunciation
American sound/əˈfləʊt/
əˈfləʊt
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

ə - ˈfləʊt -> afloat

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ပေါလောပေါ် [သော]။ ပေါ် [သော]။ ပင်လယ်ယံသင်္ဘောပေါ် [၌ဖြစ်သော]။ ကြွေးမြီကင်းရှင်း [သော]။

Full entry

afloat / ǝ'flǝƱt / adj

၁။ ပေါလောပေါ် [သော]။ ပေါ် [သော]။ The life-jacket kept him afloat. ❍ The boat stuck on a sandbank but we soon got it afloat. ❍
၂။ ပင်လယ်ယံသင်္ဘောပေါ် [၌ဖြစ်သော]။ a holiday afloat.
၃။ ကြွေးမြီကင်းရှင်း [သော]။ keep the economy afloat ❍ The firm managed to stay afloat during the recession.

More examples
  • We managed to get the boat afloat again.
  • Holidays afloat
  • £1 million is needed to keep the institution afloat.
Synonyms
floating, buoyant, adrift, awash, drifting, flooded, inundated, submerged, under water
Antonyms
aground, ashore, beached, docked, reefed
Cross references
floatingbuoyantadriftawashdriftingfloodedinundatedsubmergedunder wateragroundashorebeacheddockedreefedboatbutduringeconomyfirmgothimholidayjacketkeepkeptliferecessionsandbank
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