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{
"term": "float",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "float",
"heSheIt": "floats"
},
"pastSimple": "floated",
"pastParticiple": "floated",
"ingForm": "floating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to move slowly on water or in the air",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A group of swans floated by."
},
{
"text": "The smell of new bread floated up from the kitchen."
},
{
"text": "Beautiful music came floating out of the window."
},
{
"text": "The boats were floating gently down the river."
},
{
"text": "Add the gnocchi and cook until they float to the surface."
},
{
"text": "People seem to float in and out of my life."
},
{
"text": "A few small clouds floated across the sky."
},
{
"text": "Her voice seemed to float on the water as gently as a slight mist."
},
{
"text": "In the dream my feet leave the ground and I start to float upwards."
},
{
"text": "An idea suddenly floated into my mind."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gently", "slowly", "downstream"],
"verb + float": ["seem to"],
"preposition": ["across", "down", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stay on or near the surface of a liquid and not sink",
"sensetop": "float in somethingfloat on something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wood floats."
},
{
"text": "Much of the bay is covered by floating sea ice."
},
{
"text": "She relaxed, floating gently in the water.",
"contextForm": "float in something"
},
{
"text": "A plastic bag was floating on the water.",
"contextForm": "float on something"
},
{
"text": "We tried to make a raft but it wouldn't float."
},
{
"text": "Vast masses of frogspawn floated just beneath the surface."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gently", "slowly", "downstream"],
"verb + float": ["seem to"],
"preposition": ["across", "down", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something move on or near the surface of a liquid",
"sensetop": "float somethingfloat something + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There wasn't enough water to float the ship.",
"contextForm": "float something"
},
{
"text": "They float the logs down the river to the towns.",
"contextForm": "float something + adv./prep."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gently", "slowly", "downstream"],
"verb + float": ["seem to"],
"preposition": ["across", "down", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to walk or move in a smooth and easy way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She floated down the steps to greet us."
},
{
"text": "The couple floated across the dance floor."
}
],
"synonyms": "glide"
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to suggest an idea or a plan for other people to consider",
"sensetop": "float something",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They **floated the idea** of increased taxes on alcohol."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to sell shares in a company or business to the public for the first time",
"sensetop": "float something",
"labels": "(business)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The company was floated on the stock market last week."
},
{
"text": "Shares were floated at 585p."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "if a government floats its country’s money or allows it to float, it allows its value to change freely according to the value of the money of other countries",
"sensetop": "float (something)",
"labels": "(economics)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government decided to allow the peso to float freely."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["freely"],
"verb + float": ["allow something to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be what somebody likes",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can listen to whatever kind of music floats your boat."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to feel very happy",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fləʊt/",
"audio": "fl/float/float__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fləʊts/",
"audio": "fl/float/floats__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfləʊtɪd/",
"audio": "fl/float/floated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/",
"audio": "fl/float/floating__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fləʊt/",
"audio": "fl/float/float__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fləʊts/",
"audio": "fl/float/floats__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfləʊtɪd/",
"audio": "fl/float/floated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/",
"audio": "fl/float/floating__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic."
}