"float" meaning in Englisch

See float in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [fləʊt], [floʊt] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-float.wav , En-us-float.ogg [US] Forms: float [present], floats [present], floated [past], floating [present, participle], floated [past, participle]
Rhymes: əʊt
  1. treiben
    Sense id: de-float-en-verb--AYb2PqU
  2. flößen
    Sense id: de-float-en-verb-V8ND9AMq
  3. schwimmen, oben bleiben
    Sense id: de-float-en-verb-jKhEVj0Z
  4. schweben
    Sense id: de-float-en-verb-jEnmBQ9E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (flößen): flößen (Deutsch) Translations (schweben): schweben (Deutsch) Translations (schwimmen, oben bleiben): schwimmen (Deutsch) Translations (treiben): treiben (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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