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



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IMMOBILIZATION

(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”


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