float

float
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noun
Float is used after these nouns: ↑milk, ↑parade
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verb
1 on water/in air
ADVERB
gently
slowly
downstream
downwards/downward
upwards/upward

In the dream my feet leave the ground and I start to float upwards/upward.

about (esp. BrE), around, away, back, down, off, out, up
VERB + FLOAT
seem to

Her voice seemed to float gently on the water.

PREPOSITION
across

A few small clouds floated across the sky.

down

chunks of ice floating down the river

in

pieces of wood floating in the water

on

A few leaves floated on the surface of the water.

2 currency
ADVERB
freely

The government decided to allow the peso to float freely.

VERB + FLOAT
allow sth to
Float is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ball, ↑boat, ↑bubble, ↑cloud, ↑currency, ↑dust, ↑log, ↑mist, ↑raft, ↑smell, ↑swan, ↑word
Float is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cheque, ↑currency, ↑share

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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