"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
1. float lazily = pływaj leniwie float lazily
2. float idly = pływaj bezczynnie float idly
  • Now that the air had gone it floated idly, drifting out of open hatchways to clutter the corridor.
  • "This is the place," he said, as the canoe lost way and floated idly on the long, glassy swell.
  • He thought that he was aware of every change in the thin, transparent vapor that floated idly in sheets.
  • C Map If the weather's nice, you can hire rowboats and float idly around the castle.
  • This went on for some time, and I contented myself with floating idly on the surface until Gwion's shout brought me back to their game.
  • Finally tired of floating idly by while the other two chattered, he excused himself and left the mess hall.
  • It was floating in the water so idly that I wondered for a moment if it was dying.
  • Under the warm, tropical sun the submarine floated idly on the surface of the calm sea.
  • The remainder of the day was spent in various ways aboard the submarine, which continued to float idly on the waves.
  • The amphibian floated idly on the still water where he had left it, and they scrambled aboard.
(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
(16) suddenly, swiftly
Kolokacji: 2

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