How to spell float

Float is spelled F-L-O-A-T.

hear itfloat/floʊt/verbSounds

What it means: To remain on the surface of a liquid.

In a sentence: The duck will float on the pond.

Same family: float (verb), floating, floated, buoyancy, swim bladder. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Float comes from Old English *flotian*, meaning ‘to float, swim, drift.’ In biology, the word is used for the gas-filled organ in many fish that helps them “float” in water, often called a swim bladder or air bladder.

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