- flotian
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Float — Float, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float, swim, fr. fle[ o]tan. See {Float}, n.] 1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. [1913 Webster] The ark no… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Floated — Float Float, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float, swim, fr. fle[ o]tan. See {Float}, n.] 1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. [1913 Webster] The ark… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Floating — Float Float, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float, swim, fr. fle[ o]tan. See {Float}, n.] 1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. [1913 Webster] The ark… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flotsam — noun Etymology: Anglo French floteson, from floter to float, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flotian to float, flota ship Date: circa 1607 1. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; broadly floating debris 2. a. a floating population… … New Collegiate Dictionary
flutter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English floteren to float, flutter, from Old English floterian, frequentative of flotian to float; akin to Old English flēotan to float more at fleet Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to flap the wings… … New Collegiate Dictionary
float — n. [A.S. flotian, float] An air filled sac used for buoyancy by an organism or its eggs … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
floatoblast — n. [A.S. flotian, float; Gr. blastos, bud] (BRYOZOA) A statoblast with a peripheral pneumatic annulus, with or without marginal hooks … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pleu- — To flow. Derivatives include pulmonary, Pluto, flow, fowl, flutter, and fluster. I. Basic form *pleu . 1. plover, pluvial, pluvious … Universalium
float — /floht/, v.i. 1. to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated. 2. to move gently on the surface of a liquid; drift along: The canoe floated downstream. 3. to rest or move in a liquid, the air, etc.: a balloon… … Universalium
flotsam — /flot seuhm/, n. 1. the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Cf. jetsam, lagan. 2. material or refuse floating on water. 3. useless or unimportant items; odds and ends. 4. a vagrant, penniless population: the… … Universalium
