"float" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

float verbo

verbo + float
Kolokacji: 10
found floating • seem to float • come floating • seen floating • appear to float • ...
float + preposición
Kolokacji: 54
float down • float up • float through • float above • float around • float off • float over • float out • ...
float + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 66
float away • float free • float freely • float upward • float gently • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(3) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(4) gently, softly, lightly
Kolokacji: 3
(7) lazily, idly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) serenely, calmly
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, literally
Kolokacji: 2
(10) effortlessly, smoothly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) weightless, weightlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) forward, backward
Kolokacji: 2
(13) quietly, peacefully, placidly
Kolokacji: 3
1. float quietly = pływaj cicho float quietly
2. float peacefully = pływaj spokojnie float peacefully
3. float placidly = pływaj spokojnie float placidly
  • She floated placidly as it swam around her, letting it see every bit of her.
  • In fact, it was a canoe, floating placidly.
  • There was the rowboat, now floating almost placidly, drifting upside down.
  • He was just off the side, now, floating placidly, holding himself in one place with little motions of his hands.
  • By then, Corsi was studying the node that floated placidly above the column.
  • In the river below him lay an island so round and green that it resembled a huge lily pad floating placidly on the water.
  • Floating placidly on the water's surface was a rubber duck.
  • They floated placidly at anchor, with no sign of bustle or alarm.
  • Harry floated placidly, absorbing our joy and radiating it back.
  • Not long after, while the raft floated placidly along the river, the sun gave an alarming pulse.
(14) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(15) directly, horizontally
Kolokacji: 2
(16) suddenly, swiftly
Kolokacji: 2

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