[ acronym. ] the American Football League.
Syn. -- A. F. L. [ PJC. ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flame. ] In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + flat. ] Level with the ground; flat. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flaunt. ] In a flaunting state or position. Copley. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ acronym. ] the combined organizations of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. [ PJC. ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flicker. ] In a flickering state. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + float. ] 1. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as, the decks are afloat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flow. ] Flowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flush, n. ] In a flushed or blushing state. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flush, a. ] On a level. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bank is . . . aflush with the sea. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]