"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
(14) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
1. actually float = faktycznie pływaj actually float
  • The organization's sea turtle hospital is a unique facility in that it is actually floating on the ocean.
  • The images are nothing short of spectacular, and viewers feel as if they're actually floating in space.
  • Your body will actually float downriver from here, at least as far as the next bend.
  • The fat would actually float on the top.
  • For a moment he was actually floating.
  • "As I was standing there, a car actually floated into the lobby and overturned because the current was so strong."
  • A very old egg will actually float in the water and should not be eaten.
  • While past boats had merely sunk and were not intended for water use, these new sets could actually float.
  • And they are so lightweight that they actually float around the body when the wearer moves.
  • My teacher says that things actually float at the highest point of water, such as waves, due to some complex physics principle he wouldn't go into.
2. practically float = praktycznie pływaj practically float
(15) directly, horizontally
Kolokacji: 2
(16) suddenly, swiftly
Kolokacji: 2

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