Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.
To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
To be capable of floating.
To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian, from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian flotje, West Frisian flotsje, Dutch vlotten, Middle Low German vloten, vlotten, German flötzen, flößen, Swedish flotta, Icelandic fljóta, Old English flēotan, Ancient Greek πλέω, Lithuanian plaukti, Russian пла́вать, Latin plaustrum. Compare flow, fleet.
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