Float

  • 61float — verb 1》 rest or cause to rest on the surface of a liquid without sinking.     ↘be suspended freely in a liquid or gas. 2》 move slowly or hover in a liquid or the air.     ↘move in a casual or leisurely way.     ↘(in sport) make (the ball) travel… …

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  • 62float — I. v. n. Swim, waft, be buoyed up. II. v. a. Buoy up, bear up, keep afloat, bear on the surface. III. n. 1. Raft, floating mass. 2. Buoy. 3. Float board …

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  • 63float*/ — [fləʊt] verb I 1) [I] to rest or move slowly on the surface of a liquid and not sink Ant: sink Leaves and twigs floated on the water.[/ex] 2) [I] to move slowly through the air A cloud floated across the moon.[/ex] 3) [T] to suggest an idea for… …

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  • 64float (to) —  Initiate; the time between when a check is written and when an account is debited.  ► “Still, a planned merger is not the only reason to float a debt issue.” (Chemical Week, Sept. 13, 1995, p. 28) …

    American business jargon

  • 65float — plūdė statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. float vok. Schwimmer, m rus. поплавок, m pranc. flotteur, m …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 66float — plūdė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Kintamojo ploto srautmatyje laisvai judantis (atsižvelgiant į srauto pokytį – kyla arba leidžiasi) elementas, padarytas iš tankesnės nei skystis ar dujos medžiagos. atitikmenys:… …

    Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • 67float — plūdė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. float vok. Schwimmer, m rus. поплавок, m pranc. flotteur, m …

    Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • 68float — see if you sit by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by …

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  • 69float — [OE] Germanic *fleut , which produced English fleet, had the so called ‘weak grades’ (that is, variant forms which because they were weakly stressed had different vowels) *flot and *flut . The former was the source of Germanic *flotōjan, which… …

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  • 70Float board — Float Float (fl[=o]t), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fle[ o]tan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. [root] 84. See {Fleet}, v. i., and cf. {Flotilla}, {Flotsam},… …

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