refloat
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -əʊt
Verb
[edit]refloat (third-person singular simple present refloats, present participle refloating, simple past and past participle refloated)
- (transitive) To cause to float again.
- Removing fuel from the sunken ship will make it easier to refloat it.
- 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News[1]:
- The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend. […] Divers have been working since the weekend to assess the damage and determine the best way to refloat the vessel.
- (intransitive) To float again.
- 2025, Chloe Hughes, Boat stranded on canal hole edge pulled to safety (BBC News) [2]
- Overnight, water was pumped into dammed sections created by the Canal and River Trust on Tuesday, and as of 06:00 on Wednesday, water levels were recovering.
"This means that one of the boats near to the breach site, plus six further up the canal, are now beginning to refloat," it [the council] said.
- Overnight, water was pumped into dammed sections created by the Canal and River Trust on Tuesday, and as of 06:00 on Wednesday, water levels were recovering.
- 2025, Chloe Hughes, Boat stranded on canal hole edge pulled to safety (BBC News) [2]
Noun
[edit]refloat (plural refloats)
- The process of getting something to float again.
- A small crowd on the docks watched the attempted refloat of the ship.