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Float

/fləʊt/

To remain suspended in or on top of a liquid without sinking.

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I like to float on the water.She watched the balloon float away.

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"Float" derives from Old English “flotian” (to remain afloat or swim), related to German "flöten" and is likely of Germanic origin, rooted in Proto-Indo-European “pleu-” meaning to flow.

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