float

/fləʊt/ verb

Translation

LIQUID [I, T] › to stay on the surface of a liquid instead of sinking, or to make something do this

yüzmek, suyun üstünde kalmak, batmadan durmak

I like floating on my back in the pool.170616181351

AIR [I] › to stay in the air, or move gently through the air

havada kalmak; havada süzülmek

A balloon floated across the sky.16171351

BUSINESS [I, T] › to start selling a company's shares to the public

şirket hisselerini halka arz etmek/satmaya başlamak

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float sb's boat informal › to interest someone

ilgilendirmek, ilgisini çekmek

Georgia likes William, but he just doesn't float my boat.979

(Definition of float verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are saying

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