What is "refloating"

Usage examples of "refloating".

There was no question of ever refloating the ship so it would be of interest only to the court-martial trying him for the loss of the ship.

Then he embraced each of the packs in turn, pressing the button on each small cylinder of oxygen, refloating the packs on the surface.

The river was still deep enough to make refloating the ferry necessary.

With real pleasure Jack saw that the active officerin a skiff directing their urgent attempts at unloading the casks and refloating the boat was Pierrot Dumesnil, that amiable young man, now in a frenzy of exasperation.

With real pleasure Jack saw that the active officer in a skiff directing their urgent attempts at unloading the casks and refloating the boat was Pierrot Dumesnil, that amiable young man, now in a frenzy of exasperation.