refloated
Made buoyant once more
Refloated is the past tense of refloat, meaning to float again after being grounded, sunk, or stranded.
The term applies literally to ships or other vessels returned to buoyancy: The tugboats refloated the cargo ship that had run aground.
Figuratively, it describes reviving something that had failed or stalled: The company refloated the proposal after securing new investors.
Vessels that push ships
- pontoonsBuoyant hull sections
- bargesFlat-hulled freight vessels
- winchesDrum-and-cable lifting devices
- cranesLifting machines or birds
hoists · cables · rigging · divers · scuba · dredging · seabed · underwater
Removal from usual location
- waterlineLevel water reaches
- ballastShip stability material
- upthrustForceful upward push
- hydrostaticsScience of stationary fluid pressures
stability · draft · trim · freeboard · bilge · pumping · seaworthy · listing
Started over after pause
- revivedRestored to consciousness
- resurrectedRestored to life
- restoredReturned to original condition
- reinstatedReturned to previous position
reestablished · renewed · comeback · restarted · rebooted · operational · recommissioned · reopened
Rearranged fundamentally
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- recapitalizedRenewed financial backing
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
creditors · debt · liquidity · shareholders · underwriting · refinanced · turnaround · distressed
tugboats
Vessels that push ships
cranes · hoists · cables · rigging · divers · scuba · dredging · seabed · underwater · maritime
displacement
Removal from usual location
hydrostatics · stability · draft · trim · freeboard · bilge · pumping · seaworthy · listing · righting
relaunched
Started over after pause
- revivedRestored to consciousness
- resurrectedRestored to life
- restoredReturned to original condition
reinstated · reestablished · renewed · comeback · restarted · rebooted · operational · recommissioned · reopened · rescued
restructured
Rearranged fundamentally
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- recapitalizedRenewed financial backing
- insolventUnable to pay debts
bankrupt · creditors · debt · liquidity · shareholders · underwriting · refinanced · turnaround · distressed · bonds
refloatedlost
Unable to navigate
abandoned · written off · unsalvageable · irretrievable · irrecoverable