"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
(15) directly, horizontally
Kolokacji: 2
1. float directly = pływaj bezpośrednio float directly
2. float horizontally = pływaj poziomo float horizontally
  • La Forge manipulated his maneuvering unit controls so that he floated horizontally, only centimeters above the asteroid's surface.
  • Kaspar was floating horizontally above him, connected to Alex only by his hands.
  • A good chop will float nearly horizontally back to the table, in some cases having so much backspin that the ball actually rises.
  • During the process of demolition, they stooped lower and lower, till they floated almost horizontally, just above the ground.
  • Instead, he was floating horizontally an inch or two below it.
  • Bottom two thirds of the screen are covered by a mass of water with four rows of ice blocks floating horizontally.
  • It floated horizontally for the last stretch, then glided into the black opening.
  • She was still asleep, floating horizontally in the air in front of him.
  • The propagules later drop off and float horizontally at first.
  • Her legs floated horizontally under the gentle buffet of the water jets, and she deliberately looked lazily at her toes.
(16) suddenly, swiftly
Kolokacji: 2

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