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" I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me."
Rita Coolidge

Meaning of "float off" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FLOAT OFF

float off


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOAT OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Float off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb float off in English.

WHAT DOES FLOAT OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of float off in the English dictionary

The definition of float off in the dictionary is to offer for sale on the stock market separately from the main company.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLOAT OFF

PRESENT

Present
I float off
you float off
he/she/it floats off
we float off
you float off
they float off
Present continuous
I am floating off
you are floating off
he/she/it is floating off
we are floating off
you are floating off
they are floating off
Present perfect
I have floated off
you have floated off
he/she/it has floated off
we have floated off
you have floated off
they have floated off
Present perfect continuous
I have been floating off
you have been floating off
he/she/it has been floating off
we have been floating off
you have been floating off
they have been floating off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I floated off
you floated off
he/she/it floated off
we floated off
you floated off
they floated off
Past continuous
I was floating off
you were floating off
he/she/it was floating off
we were floating off
you were floating off
they were floating off
Past perfect
I had floated off
you had floated off
he/she/it had floated off
we had floated off
you had floated off
they had floated off
Past perfect continuous
I had been floating off
you had been floating off
he/she/it had been floating off
we had been floating off
you had been floating off
they had been floating off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will float off
you will float off
he/she/it will float off
we will float off
you will float off
they will float off
Future continuous
I will be floating off
you will be floating off
he/she/it will be floating off
we will be floating off
you will be floating off
they will be floating off
Future perfect
I will have floated off
you will have floated off
he/she/it will have floated off
we will have floated off
you will have floated off
they will have floated off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been floating off
you will have been floating off
he/she/it will have been floating off
we will have been floating off
you will have been floating off
they will have been floating off
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would float off
you would float off
he/she/it would float off
we would float off
you would float off
they would float off
Conditional continuous
I would be floating off
you would be floating off
he/she/it would be floating off
we would be floating off
you would be floating off
they would be floating off
Conditional perfect
I would have float off
you would have float off
he/she/it would have float off
we would have float off
you would have float off
they would have float off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been floating off
you would have been floating off
he/she/it would have been floating off
we would have been floating off
you would have been floating off
they would have been floating off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you float off
we let´s float off
you float off
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to float off
Past participle
floated off
Present Participle
floating off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOAT OFF

float · float chamber · float glass · float plane · float-feed · floatability · floatable · floatage · floatant · floatation · floatcut file · floatel · floater · floatier · floatiest · floating · floating assets · floating charge · floating currency · floating currency rate

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOAT OFF

cart off · cut off · fight off · get off · hit it off · hit off · let off · on and off · point off · put off · right off · set off · show off · start off · straight off · sweat off · take off · tell someone where to get off · turn off · worst off

Synonyms and antonyms of float off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «float off» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FLOAT OFF

Find out the translation of float off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of float off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «float off» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

浮关
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

flotar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

float off
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बंद नाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تطفو قبالة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

уплывают
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

flutuar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ ফ্লোটিং
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

flotter
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Terapung
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

davonschweben
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

オフフロート
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

오프 떠
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngambang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi off
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மிதவை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोट ऑफ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yüzmek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

galleggiare fuori
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

unosić się
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

спливають
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

float off
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιπλέουν μακριά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dryf af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flyta bort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyte av
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about float off

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2 QUOTES WITH «FLOAT OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word float off.
1
Rita Coolidge
I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.
2
Pete Docter
I remember as a kid having a balloon and accidentally letting the string go and watching it just float off and into the sky until it disappeared. And there's something about that, even, that feels very much like what life is, you know, that it's fleeting, and it's temporal.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOAT OFF»

Discover the use of float off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to float off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sustainable Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Sea ...
M.C.T. Reyes, P. Kaleff & Carlos Elias Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ABSTRACT: The main steps of a float-on or float-off procedure are addressed, focused on barges meant to act as floating dry-docks when fitted with  ...
Enrico Rizzuto, Carlos Guedes Soares, 2011
2
Piano Lessons Are Fun, Bk 1
New Note CDE FGAB CDE FG 0 F FUNDAMENTALS FLOAT OFF TOUCH. Usually where a slow moving phrase is followed by a quarter rest or half rest, the hand gracefully floats up from the keyboard at the end of such phrase. ARROWS.
Hirschberg, David
3
Adhesion Measurement of Films and Coatings
METHOD FOR SCORING THE SALT BATH TEST The scheme for assigning numbers to the salt bath test results is based on the premise that the soak time required for float-off or tape test failure is a practical measure of the adhesion of silver ...
K. L. Mittal, 1995
4
Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, Third Edition
Transporters or skidways, allowingthe unit to be moved laterally onto the barge. Later,the unit is launched from the barge by ballastingthe barge down, allowing the caisson to float off. This procedurerequires special considerations concerning  ...
Ben C. Gerwick, Jr, 2007
5
How to Fix (just About) Everything
(You may have to unscrew and remove a protective cap to get to the float.) If the float sticks, you'll need to clean away any debris or mineral deposits that are causing it to jam. 3 Pull the float off the shaft, then clean the inside of the float with a ...
Bill Marken, 2002
6
The Best Team to Inspire Change: As Illustrated By
Lyric #32 FLOAT OFF ON A CLOUD is dedicated to LaurieAnne Rosenblatt, former co-teacher of author Benjamin in ESL at the Newark Adult School, Newark , CA. Besides being another “significant other” of Benjamin, she has agreed to ...
Benjamin Franklin Camins, Patricia D. Reynoso, 2008
7
Landscape Construction
... of the slab and slowly pushed across the slab, keeping the leading edge of the float off the concrete by holding the handle low. When the float reaches the other side, lift the handle up and slowly pull back along the same path, keeping the ...
David Sauter, 2005
8
Contamination Effects on Electronic Products
The water-soluble amine, although having no to little solubility in the 1,1,1 trichloroethane, will float off as the surrounding rosin is being removed. Hence the bulk of the activator becomes removed by a solvent in which it is not soluble.
Tautscher, 1991
9
Sea Basing:: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea
Mobile Landing Platforms/Float-on/Float-off Heavy-Lift Ships For several decades , the Navy and Marine Corps have had a capability of ship-to-shore transfer of cargo and equipment using landing craft, air cushion. LCACs ride on a ...
Committee on Sea Basing: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea, Naval Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2005
10
Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the ...
This is a closed ending with a float-off. But even in a story with an open ending, which normally emphasizes the disjunctive bump, Chekhov could find a way to float the reader off. In “The Lady with the Little Dog,” which concludes with Gurov  ...
Robert Paul Lamb, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOAT OFF»

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2016 Audi A4 Joins 3D Printed Dresses that Move or Make Smoke …
It's a 3D printed creation that seems to float off the model and also throws out a smokescreen when you come near based on proximity sensors. «autoevolution, Jul 15»
2
Environmental-Friendly Method to Optimize Electrical Properties of …
Moreover, the fabricated nanosheets can be easily transferred to various types of substrates as they float off on the surface of an ice template. «AZoNano.com, Jul 15»
3
With Dan Lyons
Some of the prices on those nights typically slip the grasp of gravity, and float off to heights not explained by logic. All classic car auctions have ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
4
Public Release: 7-Jul-2015 A cool way to form 2-D conducting …
Moreover, the fabricated nanosheets can be easily transferred to various types of substrates as they float off on the surface of an ice template. «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
5
Most Scenic Drive in the World? Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
As we step back down the driveway, the last light of the day makes the manor puff up like a sail, a boat dancing unmoored, ready to float off in ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Alarm over 'alien space ship' sighting
"I saw this orange light in the sky and I just saw it drop down then float off to the right. "Then about a minute later, another one." Tony Hutchins ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
In tough times, fortune favours brave investors
With the plan to float off the Clydesdale Bank later this year now taking shape and the tough task of raising $5.5 billion of capital behind it, NAB ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
8
Deluge of Bay UFO sightings
"I saw this orange light in the sky and I just saw it drop down then float off to the right," he said. The Bay of Plenty Times was inundated with ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
9
Closing In On the Early Access Finish Line in Zenzizenzic
The other change is to the bigger power-ups, which used to float off the screen but now bounce off the wall a single time before drifting away. «Hardcore Gamer, Jul 15»
10
Atelier Versace Sends Haute Couture Hippies Down the Runway for …
... coming months, from the airy, Grecian dresses that seemed to float off the body, to the floor-length gowns adorned with sparkles and velvet. «Fashionista, Jul 15»
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