float
/floʊt/ verbe B1En français : flotter
- 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 · Prétérit floated · Participe passé floated · Forme en -ing floating
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- float
- He/she/it
- floats
- Prétérit
- floated
- Participe passé
- floated
- Forme en -ing
- floating
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
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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