Tra từ float - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clouds drift/float (=move slowly)
▪ A few clouds drifted across the top of the mountains.
floating voter
milk float
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
away
▪ Thoughts of Travis floated away as thoughts of Naylor pushed him aside.
▪ I was begin-ning to lose touch with my body, floating away to distant places.
▪ It doesn't need brakes so much as mooring ropes to stop it floating away.
▪ Damn the memories of seeing it floating away in front of her.
▪ At breakfast a short length of bamboo was seen floating away behind the raft.
▪ A moor hen's nest floating away on a swollen tyke told a sad story.
▪ They rarely flow like this for long, but a few minutes is all it takes to float away a town.
out
▪ Redcar lifeboat was launched when the man was seen floating out to sea in the four foot dinghy.
▪ The perfect partnership floats out there.
▪ Nasty gases and smoke disperse into the ether; sewage eventually floats out to sea.
▪ But the paraffin floats out, the greater surface area hastening the burning.
▪ This will prevent any risk of the plant floating out before fresh roots have started to develop.
▪ It was a second existence, the private world floating out to three dimensions.
▪ A rescue helicopter was scrambled after his empty dinghy was spotted floating out to sea.
▪ In the summer dusk the pale hatched moths float out over the riverside.
NOUN
air
▪ He stared mournfully at the bright strip which appeared to float in the cold air over the small table.
▪ The question floats there in the air.
▪ It's just floating there in the air!
▪ They floated, their internal air chambers were dry, and they retained their strength.
▪ And he's never happier than when he's falling flying, floating through the air.
▪ Scarlet fever, mumps, chicken pox, and whooping cough floated in the air.
▪ She felt as though she was floating on air.
▪ Such a person lived and, in a sense floated on the air, without a solid foundation.
company
▪ Mr Driscoll hopes to float the company on the Stock Exchange in December.
▪ The construction materials division, which employs more than 4,200 people, is to be floated as a separate company.
idea
▪ Mr Kohl himself has floated the idea of offering dual citizenship on a trial basis.
▪ For example, Wynns floated the idea of eliminating surface street parking near the museum in exchange for a parking garage.
▪ Fielding said that Lorne had even floated the idea that Gary and Doug should be brothers, as opposed to father and son.
▪ Gadaffi first floated the idea in 1999, arguing that it offered the best chance of escaping poverty and powerlessness.
▪ There is nevertheless still floating around an idea for a kind of multidisciplinary partnership, called the Bangemann proposal.
market
▪ The rate was freed to float in line with market demand today.
▪ In 1985, it was floated on the stock market to a rapturous City which valued the family stake at £292 million.
▪ The shares were floated on the Stock Market in 1987 at an equivalent 45p and yesterday managed to level out at 260p.
▪ Disconcerting, therefore, to hear that the pub is being floated on the property market.
▪ Control Techniques was founded 20 years ago and floated on the Stock Market in 1985, when the annual turnover was £6.8m.
river
▪ The men escaped but police found a quantity of cigarettes floating in the river and inside the car.
▪ He floated up the East River wearing a stolen watch.
▪ Does it just float down the river to catch the next passing fox?
▪ We float down the river on a piercing blue desert morning.
▪ The smell that floated back from the river with its docks and factories was unpleasant, like her life at present.
sea
▪ Redcar lifeboat was launched when the man was seen floating out to sea in the four foot dinghy.
▪ One of those miracles of the world, one of those surprises: that a man may float upon the sea.
▪ Outside the window it looked as if the few farm houses we passed were floating in a sea of snow.
▪ Nasty gases and smoke disperse into the ether; sewage eventually floats out to sea.
▪ These are the days when Alcyone broods over her nest floating on the sea.
▪ A rescue helicopter was scrambled after his empty dinghy was spotted floating out to sea.
▪ On my previous visit, at dawn, the range had floated eerily above a sea of fog.
sky
▪ The movements themselves are quite poetic and have often been likened to clouds floating in the sky.
▪ It was like approaching a floating island in the sky.
▪ It just falls all over, all round me like a firework going off and floating down the sky.
▪ The drizzle was the ash of his burned offerings floating up into the sky.
▪ To the east, across miles of barren brownness, there were dunes floating in an azure sky - another spectacular mirage.
▪ One of the clouds over Bald Hill tore loose and floated down the sky toward us.
surface
▪ He may not even drink water at night, for fear of swallowing insects possibly floating on the surface.
▪ As the waves crashed round the hilltops the wizards' palaces broke free and floated on the surface of the waves.
▪ The rock-walled chimney slid downward, she floated toward the surface with her head tilted back, impatient for the upper world.
▪ He held on to the sides of the tub and let his legs float gently to the surface.
▪ Both leaves and flowers float on the surface.
▪ One floats at the water surface and is tied to a piece of cork.
▪ The skin of clear lacquer floating at the surface was used for artwork and fine lacquerware.
top
▪ When she went to the tank she saw the body of her son floating on top.
▪ The fish-heads floated at the top, their scaly jaws agog, eve-sockets empty.
▪ A sleeping female figure floats toward the top of the paper.
▪ One material floats on top of another because it has less density.
voice
▪ Instead, Tania Maria's voice floats sexily around swelling strings and simple acoustic guitar.
water
▪ But the bamboo sailing rafts needed less than a foot of water to float, and came gliding right into the shallows.
▪ Ellwood stood waist-high in the water as Carey floated free.
▪ But the water was mucky, floating with cigarette cartons and plastic mugs and rainbow streaks of oil.
▪ As she gazed seaward, far off on the water she saw something floating.
word
▪ Put the words float and sink on the board.
▪ I drove without a word, letting myself float on the wave of their hilarity.
▪ A deckhand on the ferry from Brooklyn whistled the tune, and the words floated up from nowhere.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be walking/floating on air
▪ Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen, Annie looked up.
▪ She felt as though she was floating on air.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a cup of coffee with black bits floating on the surface
▪ Annie was floating on her back in the water.
▪ Butler floated proposals for a number of films.
▪ Children were floating small boats made of banana leaves.
▪ Ice is less dense than water, which is why it floats.
▪ If the egg floats in a glass of water, it's not fresh.
▪ She turned, her hair floating around her face.
▪ Speck was a drifter who had floated in and out of trouble for most of his life.
▪ The administration had floated the idea of increased taxes on beer, spirits and tobacco.
▪ The empty boat floated off down the river.
▪ The following month, David floated the possibility of launching a new TV company.
▪ They could see something pale and white floating in the water.
▪ Tim was floating on his back in the pool.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Ace floated back to the doorway.
▪ And mostly I am like this, floating and remote.
▪ For example, Wynns floated the idea of eliminating surface street parking near the museum in exchange for a parking garage.
▪ It doesn't need brakes so much as mooring ropes to stop it floating away.
▪ The drizzle was the ash of his burned offerings floating up into the sky.
▪ The pitch came, and the ball floated in as big as a basketball.
▪ They are back in play now at 88p, but were floated at a quid each in 1983.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
milk
▪ The one crawling like a milk float.
▪ And they collected so much they had to use a milk float to deliver the load.
▪ This is milk float technology - it could have been more innovative.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a root-beer float
▪ You can see the Rose Parade floats being made.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A glass fishing float, five hundred miles from the sea.
▪ She might even make room for Louise on her float.
▪ The amount provided in the original cash float is deducted and placed in a separate banker's bag.
▪ The floral extravaganza featured 55 floats, 30 equestrian units and 24 marching bands.
▪ There were to be no marching bands, no floats, no politicians waving from convertibles, no clowns tossing candy.
▪ They came back on a parade float of prodigal love and public money, promising entertainment, nostalgia and success.

float

I. float¹ /fləʊt $ floʊt/ verb
[Language : Old English; Origin : flotian]
1. ON WATER
a) [INTRANSITIVE]
to stay or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking:
　 ▪ I wasn’t sure if the raft would float.
　 ▪ She spent the afternoon floating on her back in the pool.
float along/down/past etc
　 ▪ A couple of broken branches floated past us.
b) [TRANSITIVE]
to put something on the surface of a liquid so that it does not sink:
　 ▪ The logs are trimmed and then floated down the river.

2. IN THE AIR [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]if something floats, it moves slowly through the air or stays up in the air:
　 ▪ I looked up at the clouds floating in the sky.
　 ▪ Leaves floated gently down from the trees.

3. MUSIC/SOUNDS/SMELLS ETC [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]if sounds or smells float somewhere, people in another place can hear or smell them:
　 ▪ The sound of her voice came floating down from an upstairs window.

4. WALK GRACEFULLY [INTRANSITIVE]to walk in a slow light graceful way SYN glide:
　 ▪ Rachel floated around the bedroom in a lace nightgown.

5. IDEAS [TRANSITIVE]to suggest an idea or plan in order to see if people like it:
　 ▪ We first floated the idea back in 1992.

6. MONEY [TRANSITIVE] technical if the government of a country floats its money, the value of the money is allowed to change freely in relation to money from other countries:
　 ▪ Russia decided to float the rouble on the foreign exchange market.

7. COMPANY [TRANSITIVE]to sell sharesin a company or business to the public for the first time
float something on something
　 ▪ The company will be floated on the stock market next year. ⇨ flotation(1)

8. CHEQUE [TRANSITIVE] American English to write a cheque when you do not have enough money in the bank to pay it

9. whatever floats your boat
informal used to say that someone can do or use whatever they like:
　 ▪ You can add raisins, nuts, chocolate chips – whatever floats your boat.
float around phrasal verb informal
to be present in a place:
　 ▪ There’s a lot of cash floating around in the economy at the moment.

II. float² noun [COUNTABLE]
1. VEHICLE a large vehicle that is decorated to drive through the streets as part of a special event:
　 ▪ We stood and watched the Carnival floats drive past.

2. DRINK American English a sweet drink that has ice cream floating in it

3.
FOR FISHING a small light object that floats on the surface of the water, used by people trying to catch fish to show where their line is

4. FOR SWIMMING a flat light object that you can rest part of your body on in water to help you learn to swim

5. MONEY a small amount of money that someone in a shop keeps so that they have enough money to give change to people

6. BUSINESS a time when sharesin a company are made available for people to buy for the first time SYN flotation

7. RELAXATION a time when you sit in a flotation tank in order to treat illness or injury, or to relax