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Meaning of "floatant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOATANT

floatant  [ˈfləʊtənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOATANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Floatant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOATANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of floatant in the English dictionary

The definition of floatant in the dictionary is a substance used in fly-fishing, to help dry flies to float.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOATANT


assistant
əˈsɪstənt
computant
ˈkɒmpjʊtənt
consistent
kənˈsɪstənt
constant
ˈkɒnstənt
consultant
kənˈsʌltənt
executant
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt
flotant
ˈfləʊtənt
idempotent
ˈaɪdəmˌpəʊtənt
important
ɪmˈpɔːtənt
inequipotent
ˌɪniːkwɪˈpəʊtənt
instant
ˈɪnstənt
multipotent
ˌmʌltɪˈpəʊtənt
nilpotent
nɪlˈpəʊtənt
overpotent
ˌəʊvəˈpəʊtənt
patent
ˈpætənt
pluripotent
ˌplʊrɪˈpəʊtənt
potent
ˈpəʊtənt
prepotent
prɪˈpəʊtənt
subpotent
sʌbˈpəʊtənt
unipotent
ˌjuːnɪˈpəʊtənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOATANT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOATANT

accountant
blatant
combatant
contranatant
dilatant
distant
habitant
militant
montant
mutant
natant
noncombatant
on the instant
Protestant
reluctant
resultant
retreatant
statant
supernatant
water-resistant

Synonyms and antonyms of floatant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «floatant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOATANT

Find out the translation of floatant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of floatant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «floatant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

floatant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

floatant
570 millions of speakers

English

floatant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

floatant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فلواتانت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

floatant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

floatant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

floatant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

floatant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Floatant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

floatant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

floatant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

floatant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Floatant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

floatant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

floatant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोटंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

floatant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

floatant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Floatant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

floatant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

floatant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

floatant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

floatant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flytmedel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

floatant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of floatant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOATANT»

The term «floatant» is normally little used and occupies the 137.521 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOATANT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOATANT»

Discover the use of floatant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to floatant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fly Fishing for Beginners
Using a spray bottle avoids the problem of getting fly floatant on your fingers. Some styles of fly floatant require that you pre-treat the fly at least a day before you plan you use it. Watershed is the best and most popular floatant of this style.
Chris Hansen, 2002
2
Basic Fly Fishing: All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get ...
Floatant: Buy a bottle on a harness that attaches to your shirt or vest. Polarized Sunglasses: Use these once, even an inexpensive pair, and you'll never go fishing without them. Vest Or Pack: Whatever you choose need not be expensive but ...
Lefty Kreh, 2006
3
Behind the Counter: Fly-Fishing Tips, Techniques and Shortcuts
One of the best “danglies” for a fishing vest is an inverted floatant holder that clips onto your vest and holds your paste floatant container open-end down. Gravity pushes the floatant into the dispenser end, allowing you to use all of the floatant ...
Neil L. Jennings, 2011
4
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fly Fishing
Leader. Sink. When fishing with sub-surface imitations, it is crucial for your leader to sink quickly. Leader sink removes any foreign substances from your leader that often cause it to float, like suntan lotion or dry fly floatant.
Michael D. Shook, 1999
5
Fly Fish Better: Practical Advice on Tackle, Methods, and Flies
A liquid floatant, such as a silicone-based spray, is easier to use on small or delicate flies. Again, go easy with the stuff. Make a few false casts to blow any excess floatant off the fly before dropping it in front of a fish. Some liquids leave a tiny oil ...
Art Scheck, 2005
6
Fishing For Dummies
You can do three things to give your fly a fighting floating chance: Use a floatant. Some floatants (materials designed to waterproof flies) are gloppy and some are liquid, but all floatants are designed to keep the fly on top of the surface film.
Peter Kaminsky, 2012
7
African Fly-fishing Handbook
Line care and fly chemicals: (LEFT TO RIGHT) sinkant for braided leaders, silicone grease for leader/tippet floatation, fly drying powder, sinkant for leaders and tippets, fly line cleaner, sinking application for lines, and (bottom) a dry fly floatant ...
Bill Hansford-Steele, 2004
8
Fishing Small Flies
Fly Floatant I always carry a paste and gel fly floatant and a container of the desiccant-type fly-drying powder. The paste floatant comes in handy for greasing leader sections when I want them to float or when I want to add floatant to just the  ...
Ed Engle, 2004
9
Cathy Beck's Fly-Fishing Handbook: 3rd Edition
I prefer a silicone floatant in a small squeeze bottle, but I also have drying powder in a pocket. If a dry fly doesn't want to float, the drying powder often works better. Floatant spray works well in cold weather. I like to keep a small piece of yellow ...
Cathy Beck, 2013
10
Positive Fly Fishing: Be a Better Angler with the Right ...
Boxes with partitions are usually best for dry flies, as they prevent the materials from getting matted down. Boxes with foam are great for nymphs and streamers. It's really an individual choice. Just make sure your fly boxes float. Dry-fly floatant.
Marla Blair, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOATANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term floatant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trout fishing reports from Foremark, Blithfield and Carsington
So clean off those floating lines and stock up on your fly floatant. For more up to date information call the lodge on 01283 703202. At Blithfield ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»
2
Carsington average on the up
So clean off those floating lines and stock up on your fly floatant. For more information, call the lodge on 01283 703202. Wind again interrupted ... «Burton Mail, Jun 15»
3
Sulphur hatch music to the ears of fly fishermen
To fish these flies, you need to be sure and carefully dress them with a good floatant. Cast them 18 inches or more upstream from a rising trout. «Baxter Bulletin, Jun 15»
4
Renegade – A fly that works everywhere
To fish as a floating snail be sure to apply some fly floatant. If you are in a float tube or kick boat simple cast the fly out and let it drift motionless, ... «Standard-Examiner, Jun 15»
5
It's Bruun vs. the calories of fishing snacks
Fly sellers group neat dispensers of fly floatant, lip balm, sunscreen and flies for current hatches while throwback tackle peddlers offer tiny bags ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jun 15»
6
JEFF KNAPP: Trout trip becomes sweet one
I positioned myself downstream of the plume of water that feeds the upper end of the pool and, after dressing the dry fly with floatant, made a ... «Indiana Gazette, Jun 15»
7
Fishing the Brown Beetle
Over the past few seasons I have been using a deer hair pattern and when Gink floatant is applied, the body floats in the film just like the natural ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, Apr 15»
8
How to tie a Chironomid Midge Pupa Fly – Midge Pupa – with Ian Cole
He then applied sinkant to the bend of the hook and leader tippet and a little floatant to the white breathing filaments (he used a small ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, Apr 15»
9
Green River Fishing Report - Floating away with the BWOs
This liquified wax, known as dry fly floatant, is readily applied to my oft-sipped crippled blue wing imitation. We have had BWO's for weeks, but ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 15»
10
Review: Simms Headwaters Day Pack and Chest Pack
There's plenty room for at least two large fly boxes with plenty of mesh compartments for leaders, floatant and the rest of your what-have-yous. «Hatch Magazine, Aug 14»

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