Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AFLOAT
afloat
(adjective) borne on the water; floating
afloat, adrift(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
(adjective) aimlessly drifting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
afloat (not comparable)
floating
Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded.
Out at sea.
Making successful progress under one's own steam.
Source: Wiktionary
A*float", adv. & a. Etym: [Pref. a- + float.]
1. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.
2. Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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