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Meanings of float in English

Portuguese
bexiga de gás
Wikidata

An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy.

bexiga de gás
Spanish
helado con soda

A drink with ice cream floating in it.

helado con soda
Synonyms
Examples for "ice-cream soda"
Examples for "ice-cream soda"
1
He took the girls into Andrew Drew's drug store for ice-cream soda.
The Debtor: A Novel
2
Won't you come in and have an ice-cream soda on me?
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
3
I want you to take me over there and buy me an ice-cream soda!
Midnight
4
Our matron offered to buy her an ice-cream soda.
The new yorker
5
I told the waitress my friend would arrive very soon, and ordered a chocolate ice-cream soda.
I capture the castle
1
Her first book was called Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma.
The Irish Times
Portuguese
vagar
Catalan
nedar
Spanish
flotar

Be in motion due to some air or water current.

vagar
Portuguese
nadar
Catalan
nedar
Spanish
flotar

Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.

nadar
Usage of float in English
1
They didn't float easily and had a great fear of deep water.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
2
It hopes to float them on the London Stock Exchange this year.
Reuters
3
Curro has seen its share price rise seven-fold since its 2011 float.
Reuters
4
They could simply float more shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
News.com.au
5
In a managed float, you need reserves to intervene in the market.
Reuters
6
It has postponed a plan to float the company to next year.
Reuters
7
Earlier this week, Nabiullina stoically defended the decision to float the currency.
Reuters
8
China's Alibaba is expected to float in New York later this month.
The Guardian
9
Others simply float off into the great Scrabble dictionary in the sky.
The Irish Times
10
The motion made me float free a bit from the sticktite table.
The Hyperion Cantos
11
An attempt to float Xella on the stock exchange failed last year.
Reuters
12
We will land in the midst of the waters and float safely.
Five Thousand Miles Underground; Or, the Mystery of the Centre o...
13
I wonder whether my car will float away, resident Ros Collins said.
Radio NZ
14
The lost float up in shadowy forms, and wail in whispered despair.
Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
15
Somewhat reluctantly, Tekla relaxed her grip and allowed Sean to float free.
Seveneves
16
Then, in the spring, the waters rise and float the logs down.
Forests of Maine / Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowled...
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Float through the time
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Common
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Common
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