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Try To Stay Afloat Perhaps Crossword Clue

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noun

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)

verb

• release after a security has been paid

• deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

• secure the release of (someone) by providing security

• empty (a vessel) by bailing

• remove (water) from a vessel with a container

36%4 Didn't stay afloat
noun

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

verb

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• cause to sink

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• go under

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• appear to move downward

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall or sink heavily

• embed deeply

35%7 Able to float easily or stay afloat
adjective satellite

• tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

• characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

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