float in Afrikaans

float in Afrikaans

What does "float" mean?

1. verb To rest or stay on the surface of a liquid instead of sinking.
   "Wood floats because it is less dense than water."
2. verb To drift gently through the air.
   "The balloon floated up and over the trees."
3. verb To suggest an idea for people to consider.
   "She floated the idea of a four-day work week at the meeting."
4. verb To sell a company's shares to the public for the first time on a stock exchange.
   "The tech firm floated on the stock exchange last spring."

float in a sentence

• Wood floats because it is less dense than water.
• The leaves floated gently down the stream.
• The balloon floated up and over the trees.
• She floated the idea of a four-day work week at the meeting.

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