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To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers.
Archibald MacLeish

Meaning of "floats" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOATS

floats  [fləʊts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOATS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Floats 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 FLOATS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

floats

Ice cream soda

An ice cream soda or float, coke float or Snowball, or spider, is a beverage that consists of ice cream in either a soft drink or in a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOATS


abouts
əˈbaʊts
Coates
kəʊts
foots
fʊts
groats
ɡrəʊts
grouts
ɡraʊts
halutz
xɑˈlʊts
hereabouts
ˈhɪərəˌbaʊts
kibbutz
kɪˈbʊts
notes
nəʊts
Oates
əʊts
oats
əʊts
Perutz
pəˈrʊts
Scouts
ˈskaʊts
sprouts
spraʊts
thereabouts
ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts
toots
tʊts
totes
təʊts
voetstoets
ˈfʊtstʊts
whatabouts
ˈwɒtəˌbaʊts
whereabouts
ˈwɛərəˌbaʊts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOATS

floating charge
floating currency
floating currency rate
floating debt
floating decimal (point)
floating dock
floating dry dock
floating exchange rate
floating heart
floating island
floating point representation
floating policy
floating restaurant
floating rib
floating vote
floating voter
floating-point representation
floating-rate note
floatingly
floaty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOATS

burn one´s boats
feel one´s oats
get one´s oats
John o´Groats
long-coats
rolled oats
separate the sheep from the goats
sow one´s oats
to feel your oats
to get your oats
to sow your oats
wild oats

Synonyms and antonyms of floats in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLOATS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «floats» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of floats
bob · coast · drift · glide · hang · hover · launch · move · offer · poise · present · promote · propose · push off · put forward · recommend · sail · sell · set up · slide · suggest · waft

Translation of «floats» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOATS

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

Translator English - Chinese

花车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carrozas
570 millions of speakers

English

floats
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मंगाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يطفو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поплавки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flutuadores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাসে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flotteurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terapung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwimmer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

山車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수레
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngambang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிதவைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोट्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

galleggianti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pływaki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поплавки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flotoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιπλέει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dryf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flottörer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of floats

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOATS»

The term «floats» is very widely used and occupies the 22.133 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of floats
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «floats».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOATS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «floats» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «floats» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «FLOATS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word floats.
1
Edward Abbey
Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
2
John Brough
He gave us the lakes for our Northern boundary, and the rivers stretching to the seas upon whose waters floats our commerce to the nations of the world; while man has done all that can be done by science to bind us together.
3
Nick Cave
The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
4
Lana Del Rey
In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
5
Sigmund Freud
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
6
Marjorie Gubelmann
I'm a person who floats in many different groups.
7
Chris Kattan
I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats that move really slowly on the city streets in the early morning.
8
Anne Lamott
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.
9
Archibald MacLeish
To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers.
10
Alexander Dale Oen
In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOATS»

Discover the use of floats in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to floats and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child.
Chanrithy Him, 2001
2
What Floats? What Sinks?: A Look at Density
A rock sinks in the water. A hot air balloon floats in the air. Many objects float and sink. But what makes them move this way? And how do people use floating and sinking in their lives? Read this book to find out!
Jennifer Boothroyd, 2010
3
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge, ...
A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed. 15,000 first printing.
Chanrithy Him, 2000
4
Whatever Floats Your Boat
Author Donna Fareed provides you with a creative perspective on how to address critical issues in your own life and, ultimately, how to feel good about yourself.
Donna Fareed, 2005
5
What Floats in a Moat?
While trying to cross a moat, Archimedes the Goat and Skinny the Hen learn why objects sink or float. By the author of The Curious Demise of the Contrary Cat and the illustrator of Itsy-Bitsy Baby Mouse.
Lynne Berry, 2013
6
What Floats? What Sinks?
This book is about why some objects sink and some objects float.
Margie Burton, Cathy French, Tammy Jones, 2011
7
Hope Floats: The Screenplay
Steven Rogers earned his first screenwriting credit with this tale of a former high school beauty queen, Birdee Pruitt, who learns that her husband has been unfaithful in front of a national television audience.
Steven Rogers, 2001
8
Make Your Own Soda: Syrup Recipes for All-Natural Pop, ...
In Make Your Own Soda, you’ll find 70 recipes for all-natural syrups with unique, artisanal flavors like pineapple, lemongrass, and hibiscus, as well as old-time favorites like ginger, sarsaparilla, and grape.
Anton Nocito, Lynn Marie Hulsman, 2013
9
Sorrow Floats: A Novel
"Tim Sandlin's stuff is as tight and funny as anyone doing this comedy novel thing.
Tim Sandlin, 2010
10
Baby Einstein: What Floats
Babies and young children delight in discovering the world around them.
‎2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOATS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term floats is used in the context of the following news items.
1
German Document Floats Five-Year Greek Exit From Eurozone - WSJ
BRUSSELS—A document prepared by Germany's finance ministry and seen by The Wall Street Journal floats a “timeout” for Greece from the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
German Document Floats Five-Year Greek Exit From Eurozone …
BRUSSELS--A document prepared by Germany's finance ministry and seen by The Wall Street Journal floats a "timeout" for Greece from the ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
3
Germany floats idea of Greek 'time out' from euro - Forexlive
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and Reuters have seen a paper that offers two avenues for Greece 1) either tighter conditions binding ... «ForexLive, Jul 15»
4
Local floats take top prizes at Calgary Stampede - Kootenay News …
Local floats take top prizes at Calgary Stampede. Smiles are in order as the Cranbrook Sam Steele Days parade float won in the Best Municipal ... «Kootenay News Advertiser, Jul 15»
5
Councilman floats idea of AVR Park District - The Advertiser-Tribune
Attica Councilman Jeff Painter shared with other members Thursday night that he had attended the Reed Township trustees meeting to present ... «Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Actress Mbong Amata Floats Record Label, Signs Splash - ExpressNG
Nollywood actress, Mbong Amata has made an entry into the music industry by floating a new record label known as Bong House Media. «Entertainment Express, Jul 15»
7
We Found the Swan Floats in Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid's Pools
See, the secret to throwing the perfect summer party is all in the pool floats, and if you want to lounge like you're part of Swift's squad, you're ... «PEOPLE Great Ideas, Jul 15»
8
De Blasio, Cuomo ride on separate World Cup parade floats - NY …
The two pols — in the midst of a Democrat-on-Democrat feud — were on separate floats in the parade. Cuomo's float included women's soccer ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
9
N.J. company builds floats for Women's World Cup parade | NJ.com
CLIFTON -- A Clifton company was tasked with making floats for Friday's parade celebrating the 2015 Women's World Cup champs in New ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
10
Baby floats recalled due to drowning risk | WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
Otteroo is recalling thousands of their inflatable baby floats because the seam on the device can leak air and deflate, posing a risk of drowning. «WPRI 12 Eyewitness News, Jul 15»

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