float
verb [I] (NOT SINK) /fləʊt/
/floʊt/ Definition
B1 to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink: An empty bottle will float. You can float very easily in/on the Dead Sea because it's so salty.Staying afloat, capsizing and sinking
(Definition of float verb (NOT SINK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bail sth out phrasal verb
- buoy verb (FLOAT)
- buoyant adjective (FLOATING)
- capsize verb
- ducking noun
- float noun (NOT SINK)
- flotation noun (FLOAT)
- founder verb
- go under phrasal verb (SINK)
- ground verb (KEEP ON LAND)
- resurface verb (APPEAR AGAIN)
- ride sth out phrasal verb
- right verb
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank verb
- scupper verb (SINK)
- sink verb (GO DOWN BELOW)
- submerge verb
- sunken adjective
- waterlogged adjective
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