English

Alternative forms

• (adverb): above water

Adjective

above-water ‎(comparative more above-water, superlative most above-water)

1. Above the surface of the water.
2. Above the waterline of a ship.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 5