"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
  • He was amazed to find one floating quietly at the spot indicated.
  • He had been floating quietly on the surface of the water beneath the wharf.
  • They floated quietly from the heart of the aged crystal.
  • And now it was floating quietly at the mercy of the waves.
  • The days passed, and the chindi floated quietly among the stars, where anyone who happened to be in the neighborhood could easily collect him.
  • American officials, for their part, have been quietly floating various ideas on borders, settlements and the rights of Palestinian refugees.
  • The Danae appeared to be intact, floating quietly, its power off, about three kilometers below them.
  • All they saw were small pieces of honeycombed airplane parts floating quietly to the surface.
  • They floated quietly for a while, up there past the bulkhead.
  • They parallel the political and military doubts quietly floating in many corners.
2. float peacefully = pływaj spokojnie float peacefully
3. float placidly = pływaj spokojnie float placidly
(14) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(15) directly, horizontally
Kolokacji: 2
(16) suddenly, swiftly
Kolokacji: 2

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