REFLOAT

refloat

(verb) set afloat again; “refloat a grounded boat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

refloat (third-person singular simple present refloats, present participle refloating, simple past and past participle refloated)

(transitive) To cause to float again.

Noun

refloat (plural refloats)

The process of getting something to float again.

Anagrams

• Laforte, floater, floe rat

Source: Wiktionary


Re"float (r"flt), n.

Definition: Reflux; ebb. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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