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Verb Float Floated  /Fləʊt   Süzülmek Intransitive Floating River

Level B2 
Kind verb
Front float 
IPA  /fləʊt   / verb
Back süzülmek
Back 2

float (verb)

 /fləʊt   / verb
 
 1 [intransitive]
to move slowly through air or water
süzülmek
 A leaf floated down to the ground.
 Boats were floating gently down the river.
 The smell of freshly-baked bread floated in through the window.
 2 [intransitive]
 float (in/on sth)
to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink
 (su üstünde) yüzmek
 Wood floats in water.
 There was something floating near the bank of the river.
 3 [transitive]
to sell shares in a company or business for the first time
hisseleri piyasaya çıkarmak
 The company was floated on the stock market in 1999.
 4 [intransitive, transitive]
(used in economics) if a government floats its country's money or allows it to float, it allows its value to change freely according to the value of the money of other countries
 (ekonomi) dalgalanmak;
dalgalanmaya bırakmak
 

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