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"derived": [
{
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"word": "float around"
},
{
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"word": "float at"
},
{
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"word": "float like a butterfly"
},
{
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"word": "float someone's boat"
},
{
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"word": "float with the stream"
},
{
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"word": "free-floating"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "my back teeth are floating"
},
{
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"word": "whatever floats your boat"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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"name": "root"
},
{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "floten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English floten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flotian",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "Old English flotian (“to float”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flotōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flotōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flutōną",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*plewd-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plewd-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "*plew-",
"t": "to float, swim, fly"
},
"expansion": "*plew- (“to float, swim, fly”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "flotje",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian flotje (“to float”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "flotsje",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian flotsje (“to float”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vlotten",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vlotten (“to float”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "vloten"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German vloten",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "vlotten",
"t": "to float, swim"
},
"expansion": "vlotten (“to float, swim”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "flötzen"
},
"expansion": "German flötzen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "flößen",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "flößen (“to float”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "flotta",
"t": "to float"
},
"expansion": "Swedish flotta (“to float”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fljóta"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic fljóta",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flēotan",
"t": "to float, swim"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēotan (“to float, swim”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πλέω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "plaukti"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian plaukti",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "пла́вать"
},
"expansion": "Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flow"
},
"expansion": "flow",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fleet"
},
"expansion": "fleet",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).\nCognate with Saterland Frisian flotje (“to float”), West Frisian flotsje (“to float”), Dutch vlotten (“to float”), Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), German flötzen, flößen (“to float”), Swedish flotta (“to float”), Icelandic fljóta, Old English flēotan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ). Compare flow, fleet.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "floats",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "floating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "floated",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "floated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "float (third-person singular simple present floats, present participle floating, simple past and past participle floated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Helium balloons float in air, while air-filled balloons don't.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object)."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-higcOCGM",
"links": [
[
"support",
"support"
],
[
"fluid",
"fluid"
],
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"density",
"density"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object)."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an object or substance"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The boat floated on the water.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The oil floated on the vinegar.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).",
"To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-3x4KGK6-",
"links": [
[
"support",
"support"
],
[
"fluid",
"fluid"
],
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"density",
"density"
],
[
"liquid",
"liquid"
],
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"above",
"above"
],
[
"surface",
"surface"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).",
"To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an object or substance"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭafā",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "طَفَا"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕāma",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "عَامَ"
},
{
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "üpoṅ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ওপং"
},
{
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "bhah",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ভাহ"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plávacʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"abstract",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пла́ваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paplávacʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "папла́ваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plycʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"concrete",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плыць"
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{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paplýcʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "паплы́ць"
},
{
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhaśa",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ভাসা"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plavam",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "плавам"
},
{
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "myau:",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "မျော"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
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"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "lutaw"
},
{
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "kanuhi",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ᎧᏄᎯ"
},
{
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fau⁴",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fú",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "plavat"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "plout"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "drijven"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flosi"
},
{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "hõljuma"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"english": "on top of it",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "kellua"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"english": "suspended in it",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "keijua"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "aboiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "schwimmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "schweben"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ṣāf",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "צָף"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "lebeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "úszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "felszínen marad"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "apung"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "galleggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ukabu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮かぶ"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uku",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮く"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tadayou",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "漂う"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "boia"
},
{
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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "boiá"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "on-dait",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "អន្ដែត"
},
{
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "fluitō"
},
{
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plūduriuoti"
},
{
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plaukti"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "terapung"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "mānu"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "as oil on water",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "pōrena"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "kōrewarewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "rewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "rewarewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "whakamāpuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "floten"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "fleten"
},
{
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "swymmen"
},
{
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "tairinu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "तैरिनु"
},
{
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "fliotter"
},
{
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flēotan"
},
{
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yüzmek",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "یوزمك"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "boiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flutuar"
},
{
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "tuytuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "wamp'uy"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "pluti"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flottar"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plávatʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пла́вать"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsplyvatʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "всплывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to reach the surface",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsplytʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "всплыть"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plutati"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pławiś"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "płuwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ambang"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "-elea"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flyta"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "mita",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "மித"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tēlu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "తేలు"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plavaty, plysty",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "плавати, плисти"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "nổi"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotön"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "lu-taw"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvimen",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "שווימען"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 39 3 2 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3",
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "drieve"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to float a boat",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-zzl7QgTW",
"links": [
[
"suspend",
"suspend"
],
[
"fluid",
"fluid"
],
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"density",
"density"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That boat doesn't float.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Oil floats on vinegar.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be capable of floating."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-5YdzJ5fd",
"links": [
[
"capable",
"capable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be capable of floating."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭafā",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "طَفَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhaśa",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "ভাসা"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎrža se na povǎrhnostta",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "държа се на повърхността"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "drijven"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "kellua"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "pysyä pinnalla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "schwimmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "lebeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "úszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "mengapung"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ukabu",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "浮かぶ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uku",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "浮く"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plūduriuoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plaukti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "fliotter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flutuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "boiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deržátʹsja na vodé",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "держа́ться на воде́"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plutati"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "ngambang"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flyta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trymátysja na vodí",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трима́тися на воді́"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 67 6 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "nổi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I’d love to just float downstream.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-3Khufay9",
"links": [
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"particular",
"particular"
],
[
"direction",
"direction"
],
[
"liquid",
"liquid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ut",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "উট"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "meedrijven"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "ajelehtia"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "sodródik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "úszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plaukti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "fliotter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plytʹ",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плыть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of a ship",
"roman": "dréjfovatʹ",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дре́йфовать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "odplutati"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "ploviti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 3 57 1 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "trôi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I’m not sure where they went... they're floating around here somewhere.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Images from my childhood floated through my mind.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drift or wander aimlessly."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-yrwgdJo-",
"links": [
[
"drift",
"drift"
],
[
"wander",
"wander"
],
[
"aimlessly",
"aimlessly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "ajelehtia"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "lipua"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōryū suru",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "漂流する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tadayou",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "漂う"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "whakatairangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "muvati se"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "tumarati"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "besciljno se kretati"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 0 1 28 12 10 0 0 12 0 0 4 11 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "motati se"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The balloon floated off into the distance.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drift gently through the air."
],
"id": "en-float-en-verb-0UKkJyYF",
"links": [
[
"drift",
"drift"
],
[
"gently",
"gently"
],
[
"air",
"air"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To drift gently through the air."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nosja se",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "нося се"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "zweven"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "leijua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "leijailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "gleiten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "schweben"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "lebeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tobu",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "飛ぶ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fuyū",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "浮遊"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uku",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "浮く"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to drift gently through the air",
"word": "volito"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 4 69 21 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
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{
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"Fundamental"
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[
"length",
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[
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[
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"intransitive"
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{
"text": "That's a daft idea... it'll never float.",
"type": "example"
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[
"viable",
"viable"
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"colloquial",
"intransitive"
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"text": "I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.",
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"transitive"
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"_dis1": "1 1 6 1 3 1 0 6 3 1 3 1 57 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6",
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[
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[
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[
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"text": "The government floated the pound in January.",
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[
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[
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"text": "Could you float me $50 until payday?",
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"ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 210",
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"text": "2007, Jonathan Reuvid, Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public:",
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[
"clear",
"clear"
],
[
"charge",
"charge"
]
],
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"banking",
"business"
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"_dis1": "1 2 4 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 28 4 7 1 3 3 5 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 3",
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 4 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 28 4 7 1 3 3 5 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "łączna kwota czeków nieuregulowanych",
"sense": "banking: total amount of outstanding checks/cheques or other drafts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
]
},
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"Finance",
"Industries",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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}
],
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[
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[
"Premium",
"premium"
],
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"taken in",
"take in"
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[
"paid out",
"pay out"
]
],
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],
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"business",
"insurance"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 4 1 3 2 3 3 11 2 13 32 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insurance: premiums taken in but not yet paid out",
"word": "käteiskassa"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Programming",
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"Computing",
"Software engineering",
"Technology",
"Computer science",
"Engineering",
"Software",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Applied sciences",
"Media",
"Fundamental",
"Communication"
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}
],
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{
"text": "That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float.",
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{
"ref": "2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing, page 214",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
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"floating-point number"
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[
"precision",
"precision"
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[
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
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},
{
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{
"text": "I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a \"real\" float.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it."
],
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[
"soft",
"soft"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
],
[
"scoop",
"scoop"
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[
"ice-cream",
"ice-cream"
],
[
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]
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 6 1 4 2 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 33 1 3 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream",
"word": "jäätelösooda"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 6 1 4 2 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 33 1 3 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 4",
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"word": "フロート"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 6 1 4 2 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 33 1 3 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 4",
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"sense": "soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"lang": "Yiddish",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "פֿלאָוט"
}
]
},
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[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"sum",
"sum"
],
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"cashier",
"cashier"
],
[
"till",
"till"
],
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"enable",
"enable"
],
[
"change",
"change"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 52 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 4 1 1 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 52 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 4 1 1 2",
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"lang": "Polish",
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"feminine"
],
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}
]
},
{
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{
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"langcode": "en",
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"Card games",
"Gambling",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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],
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[
"poker",
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],
[
"maneuver",
"maneuver"
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[
"player",
"player"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"flop",
"flop"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"weak",
"weak"
],
[
"hand",
"hand"
],
[
"intention",
"intention"
],
[
"bluffing",
"bluff#Verb"
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[
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]
],
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"card-games",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 2 4 8 2 3 25 3 3 3 2 2 1 4 3 2 3",
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},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 2 4 8 2 3 25 3 3 3 2 2 1 4 3 2 3",
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"masculine"
],
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}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Knitting",
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"Crafts",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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"One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work."
],
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[
"knitting",
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],
[
"loose end",
"loose end"
],
[
"yarn",
"yarn"
],
[
"unfinished",
"unfinished"
],
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
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],
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"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Automotive",
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"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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],
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[
"automotive",
"automotive"
],
[
"car carrier",
"car carrier"
],
[
"car transporter",
"car transporter"
],
[
"truck",
"truck"
],
[
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"trailer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
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"transport",
"vehicles"
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Transport",
"orig": "en:Transport",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"A lowboy trailer."
],
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[
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"transport"
],
[
"lowboy",
"lowboy"
],
[
"trailer",
"trailer"
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],
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"(transport) A lowboy trailer."
],
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"transport"
]
},
{
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"The act of flowing; flux; flow."
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[
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"flow"
],
[
"flux",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow."
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1863 April 24, “Trade News”, in The Building News and Engineering Journal, volume 10, page 324",
"text": "The machinery consists of two saws, a polishing table, a float for grinding marble, and a ripping saw for cutting slabs.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1925, Australia. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Commonwealth Arbitration Reports, page 557",
"text": "Float Machinist— One who squares up, faces, noses or chamfers on a float all marble, slate, or similar stones, and including terrazzo or similar compositions.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1980, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, page 215",
"text": "Next , finishers rub a float — a small and smooth, rectangular piece of wood — over the entire surface, carefully avoiding edges and joints.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, M. Clara Gonçalves, Fernanda Margarido, Materials for Construction and Civil Engineering, page 102",
"text": "Floated: Obtained by successive passages with a wooden float on the coat's surface until it is flat and uniform",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A polishing block used in marble working; a runner."
],
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[
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],
[
"block",
"block"
],
[
"marble",
"marble"
],
[
"working",
"working"
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[
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"runner"
]
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A coal cart."
],
"id": "en-float-en-noun-T40FXGnp",
"links": [
[
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"coal"
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[
"cart",
"cart"
]
],
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"(UK, dated) A coal cart."
],
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"UK",
"dated"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands."
],
"id": "en-float-en-noun-er3lgt10",
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[
"breakdancing",
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],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"parallel",
"parallel"
],
[
"floor",
"floor"
],
[
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"balance"
],
[
"hand",
"hand"
]
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
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"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
],
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{
"ref": "2004, Eric A. Meyer, More Eric Meyer on CSS, page 36",
"text": "Because margin floats don't collapse together, the actual spacing between two floats sitting next to each other will be 6 pixels […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Michael Bowers, Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns, page 93",
"text": "When a float cannot fit next to another float, it moves down below it. A float's position, size, padding, borders, and margins affect the position of adjacent floats and adjacent inline content.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
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[
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"visual"
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[
"style",
"style"
],
[
"web page",
"web page"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
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[
"above",
"above"
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[
"beside",
"beside"
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],
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],
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
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"langcode": "en",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
],
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[
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"biology"
],
[
"gas",
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],
[
"filled",
"filled"
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[
"sac",
"sac"
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[
"bag",
"bag"
],
[
"body",
"body"
],
[
"siphonophore",
"siphonophore"
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[
"pneumatophore",
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],
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"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Publishing",
"orig": "en:Publishing",
"parents": [
"Industries",
"Mass media",
"Business",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Communication",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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"Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element."
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[
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"publishing"
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "af",
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"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "sierwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carrossa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "花車"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāchē",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "花车"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "paraatiauto"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "char"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Festwagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flóta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carro allegorico"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carro alegórico"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "platfórma",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "платфо́рма"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
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"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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},
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"_dis1": "1 2 1 1 3 26 2 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 8 24 1 1 1 2 4 1 3",
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"publishing",
"publishing#Noun"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"document",
"document"
],
[
"above",
"above"
],
[
"beside",
"beside"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others."
],
"senseid": [
"en:place a document element"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"media",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"publishing",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/floʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-float.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/EN-AU_ck1_float.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "on top of liquid",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a fluid",
"word": "kellua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "suspended in liquid",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a fluid",
"word": "keijua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "suspended in gas",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a fluid",
"word": "leijua"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭafā",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "طَفَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕāma",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "عَامَ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "üpoṅ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ওপং"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "bhah",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ভাহ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plávacʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"abstract",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пла́ваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paplávacʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "папла́ваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plycʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"concrete",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плыць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paplýcʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "паплы́ць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhaśa",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ভাসা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plavam",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "плавам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "myau:",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "မျော"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "lutaw"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "kanuhi",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ᎧᏄᎯ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fau⁴",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fú",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "plavat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "plout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "drijven"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flosi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "hõljuma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "on top of it",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "kellua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "suspended in it",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "keijua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "aboiar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "schwimmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "schweben"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ṣāf",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "צָף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "lebeg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "úszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "felszínen marad"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "apung"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "galleggiare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ukabu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮かぶ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uku",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "浮く"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tadayou",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "漂う"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "boia"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "boiá"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "on-dait",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "អន្ដែត"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "fluitō"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plūduriuoti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plaukti"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "terapung"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "mānu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "as oil on water",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "pōrena"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "kōrewarewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "rewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "rewarewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "whakamāpuna"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "floten"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "fleten"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "swymmen"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "tairinu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "तैरिनु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "fliotter"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flēotan"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yüzmek",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "یوزمك"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "boiar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flutuar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "tuytuy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "wamp'uy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "pluti"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flottar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plávatʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пла́вать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsplyvatʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "всплывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to reach the surface",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsplytʹ",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "всплыть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plutati"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pławiś"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "płuwać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "ambang"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "-elea"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flyta"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "mita",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "மித"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tēlu",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "తేలు"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plavaty, plysty",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "плавати, плисти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "nổi"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "flotön"
},
{
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "lu-taw"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvimen",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "שווימען"
},
{
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "to be supported by a liquid",
"word": "drieve"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhaśanō",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "ভাসানো"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "kanuhvdiha",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "ᎧᏄᎲᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "kelluttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of a vessel",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "laskea vesille"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "úsztat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "felszínen tart"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ukaberu",
"sense": "to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density",
"word": "浮かべる"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭafā",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "طَفَا"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "bhaśa",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "ভাসা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎrža se na povǎrhnostta",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "държа се на повърхността"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "drijven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "kellua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "pysyä pinnalla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "schwimmen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "lebeg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "úszik"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "mengapung"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ukabu",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "浮かぶ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uku",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "浮く"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plūduriuoti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plaukti"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "fliotter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flutuar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "boiar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deržátʹsja na vodé",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "держа́ться на воде́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plutati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "ngambang"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "flyta"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trymátysja na vodí",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трима́тися на воді́"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be capable of floating",
"word": "nổi"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ut",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "উট"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "meedrijven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "ajelehtia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "flotter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "sodródik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "úszik"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plaukti"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "fliotter"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plytʹ",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плыть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of a ship",
"roman": "dréjfovatʹ",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дре́йфовать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "odplutati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "ploviti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "flotar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating",
"word": "trôi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "ajelehtia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "lipua"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōryū suru",
"sense": "to drift aimlessly",
"word": "漂流する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"finance",
"finance#Noun"
],
[
"offering",
"offering"
],
[
"share",
"share"
],
[
"company",
"company"
],
[
"unit",
"unit"
],
[
"trust",
"trust"
],
[
"member",
"member"
],
[
"public",
"public"
],
[
"followed",
"followed"
],
[
"listing",
"listing"
],
[
"stock exchange",
"stock exchange"
]
],
"qualifier": "and other Commonwealth countries?",
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"(finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange."
],
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"finance"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Banking"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account."
],
"links": [
[
"banking",
"banking#Noun"
],
[
"total",
"total"
],
[
"amount",
"amount"
],
[
"check",
"check"
],
[
"cheque",
"cheque"
],
[
"draft",
"draft"
],
[
"written",
"write"
],
[
"bank account",
"bank account"
],
[
"clear",
"clear"
],
[
"charge",
"charge"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account."
],
"topics": [
"banking",
"business"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Insurance"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We make a lot of interest from our nightly float.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Premiums taken in but not yet paid out."
],
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[
"insurance",
"insurance"
],
[
"Premium",
"premium"
],
[
"taken in",
"take in"
],
[
"paid out",
"pay out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"insurance"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Programming"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing, page 214",
"text": "If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double."
],
"links": [
[
"programming",
"programming#Noun"
],
[
"floating-point number",
"floating-point number"
],
[
"precision",
"precision"
],
[
"double",
"double"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a \"real\" float.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it."
],
"links": [
[
"soft",
"soft"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
],
[
"scoop",
"scoop"
],
[
"ice-cream",
"ice-cream"
],
[
"float",
"#Verb"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made."
],
"links": [
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"sum",
"sum"
],
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"cashier",
"cashier"
],
[
"till",
"till"
],
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"enable",
"enable"
],
[
"change",
"change"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Poker"
],
"glosses": [
"A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card."
],
"links": [
[
"poker",
"poker"
],
[
"maneuver",
"maneuver"
],
[
"player",
"player"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"flop",
"flop"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"weak",
"weak"
],
[
"hand",
"hand"
],
[
"intention",
"intention"
],
[
"bluffing",
"bluff#Verb"
],
[
"community card",
"community card"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card."
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"poker"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Knitting"
],
"glosses": [
"One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work."
],
"links": [
[
"knitting",
"knitting#Noun"
],
[
"loose end",
"loose end"
],
[
"yarn",
"yarn"
],
[
"unfinished",
"unfinished"
],
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Automotive"
],
"glosses": [
"A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination."
],
"links": [
[
"automotive",
"automotive"
],
[
"car carrier",
"car carrier"
],
[
"car transporter",
"car transporter"
],
[
"truck",
"truck"
],
[
"trailer",
"trailer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination."
],
"topics": [
"automotive",
"transport",
"vehicles"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Transport"
],
"glosses": [
"A lowboy trailer."
],
"links": [
[
"transport",
"transport"
],
[
"lowboy",
"lowboy"
],
[
"trailer",
"trailer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transport) A lowboy trailer."
],
"topics": [
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"The act of flowing; flux; flow."
],
"links": [
[
"flow",
"flow"
],
[
"flux",
"flux"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1863 April 24, “Trade News”, in The Building News and Engineering Journal, volume 10, page 324",
"text": "The machinery consists of two saws, a polishing table, a float for grinding marble, and a ripping saw for cutting slabs.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1925, Australia. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Commonwealth Arbitration Reports, page 557",
"text": "Float Machinist— One who squares up, faces, noses or chamfers on a float all marble, slate, or similar stones, and including terrazzo or similar compositions.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1980, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, page 215",
"text": "Next , finishers rub a float — a small and smooth, rectangular piece of wood — over the entire surface, carefully avoiding edges and joints.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, M. Clara Gonçalves, Fernanda Margarido, Materials for Construction and Civil Engineering, page 102",
"text": "Floated: Obtained by successive passages with a wooden float on the coat's surface until it is flat and uniform",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A polishing block used in marble working; a runner."
],
"links": [
[
"polishing",
"polishing"
],
[
"block",
"block"
],
[
"marble",
"marble"
],
[
"working",
"working"
],
[
"runner",
"runner"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A coal cart."
],
"links": [
[
"coal",
"coal"
],
[
"cart",
"cart"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, dated) A coal cart."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"dated"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands."
],
"links": [
[
"breakdancing",
"breakdancing"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"parallel",
"parallel"
],
[
"floor",
"floor"
],
[
"balancing",
"balance"
],
[
"hand",
"hand"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, Eric A. Meyer, More Eric Meyer on CSS, page 36",
"text": "Because margin floats don't collapse together, the actual spacing between two floats sitting next to each other will be 6 pixels […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Michael Bowers, Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns, page 93",
"text": "When a float cannot fit next to another float, it moves down below it. A float's position, size, padding, borders, and margins affect the position of adjacent floats and adjacent inline content.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"visual",
"visual"
],
[
"style",
"style"
],
[
"web page",
"web page"
],
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"float",
"#Verb"
],
[
"above",
"above"
],
[
"beside",
"beside"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Biology"
],
"glosses": [
"The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore."
],
"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"gas",
"gas"
],
[
"filled",
"filled"
],
[
"sac",
"sac"
],
[
"bag",
"bag"
],
[
"body",
"body"
],
[
"siphonophore",
"siphonophore"
],
[
"pneumatophore",
"pneumatophore"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Publishing"
],
"glosses": [
"Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element."
],
"links": [
[
"publishing",
"publishing#Noun"
],
[
"body text",
"body text#English"
],
[
"buoy",
"buoy#English"
],
[
"floated",
"float#English:_place_a_document_element"
]
],
"qualifier": "digital typesetting",
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"(publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element."
],
"senseid": [
"en:document element"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/floʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-float.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-float.ogg/En-us-float.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-float.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 float.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/EN-AU_ck1_float.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_float.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/EN-AU_ck1_float.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
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{
"sense": "shares offered to the public",
"word": "initial public offering"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qalqıwıs",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "ҡалҡыуыс"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "buj",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "буй"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poplavǎk",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "поплавък"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boia"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flotador"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vlot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"note": "for fishing",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "dobber"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "as part of fishing gear",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "koho"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "kelluke"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flotteur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Floß"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwimmer (as in a carburetor)"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fellós",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φελλός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "matsof",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מָצוֹף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "úszó"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uki",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "浮き"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fuyoubutsu",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "浮揚物"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "bóia"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paong",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "ប៉ោង"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"english": "raft",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plaustas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"note": "of an angle or a net",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plūdė"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "kārewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "kōrewa"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fliotte"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liège"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pława"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plută"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plutitor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "raft; plot",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плот"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of an angle or a net",
"roman": "poplavók",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поплаво́к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plovak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "for fishing",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "flöte"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "buoyant device",
"word": "şamandıra"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tool similar to a rasp",
"word": "rasp"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tool similar to a rasp",
"word": "vijl"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tool similar to a rasp",
"word": "höyläraspi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tool similar to a rasp",
"word": "raspi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mistrija",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мистрия"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taloja"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"word": "soort truweel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"word": "hierrin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taloche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "appianatoia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frattazzo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pialletto"
},
{
"alt": "さかんこて sakan kote; さかんごて sakan gote",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"word": "左官鏝"
},
{
"alt": "こて kote",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"word": "鏝"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paca"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "packa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "broquel"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "masterók",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мастеро́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gladílka",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глади́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pravílo",
"sense": "sort of trowel",
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"word": "прави́ло"
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "sierwa"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "花車"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāchē",
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"word": "花车"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"word": "praalwagen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "paraatiauto"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "char"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
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"word": "Festwagen"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flóta"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "carro allegorico"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"word": "carro alegórico"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"word": "car alegoric"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "платфо́рма"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"word": "carroza"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "karosa"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
"word": "karang"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade",
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"word": "car sioe"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small battery-powered vehicle",
"word": "akkukäyttöinen vaunu"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small battery-powered vehicle",
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"word": "akumulatorowy pojazd"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "funds committed to be paid but not yet paid",
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"word": "maksamattomat varat"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "fundusze do spłacenia"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finance: offering of shares to the public",
"word": "yleinen osakeanti"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "banking: total amount of outstanding checks/cheques or other drafts",
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"code": "pl",
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"note": "łączna kwota czeków nieuregulowanych",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insurance: premiums taken in but not yet paid out",
"word": "käteiskassa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream",
"word": "jäätelösooda"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "フロート"
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"word": "koktajl lodowy"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"word": "פֿלאָוט"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business",
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"word": "mała kwota pieniędzy w kasie"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "poker maneuver",
"word": "floattaus"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "blef"
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