float
/floʊt/ verb B1- To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). · Helium balloons float in air, while air-filled balloons don't.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface. · The boat floated on the water.· The oil floated on the vinegar.
- To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density. · to float a boat
- To be capable of floating. · That boat doesn't float.· Oil floats on vinegar.
- To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating. · I’d love to just float downstream.
- To drift or wander aimlessly. · I’m not sure where they went... they're floating around here somewhere.· Images from my childhood floated through my mind.
- To drift gently through the air. · The balloon floated off into the distance.
- To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
He/she/it floats · Past floated · Past participle floated · -ing form floating
Verb forms
- Base form
- float
- He/she/it
- floats
- Past
- floated
- Past participle
- floated
- -ing form
- floating
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Round the rain-pool sea to float.
“The Tin Woodman must build us a raft, so we can float to the other side.”
Down the stream the raft floated, and the poor Scarecrow was left far behind.
Floating on the shaken pool
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