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float (up)on something

to drift as if on the surface of something; to drift along through the air. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) The little tufts of dandelion seeds floated upon the breeze. The fluff floated on the breeze.

See also: float

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With an oath he pushed his gruesome companion out into mid-stream to float on down toward the great pool and the awaiting scavengers of the deep. Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Above him was a clear blue sky, and the sun's vast orb quivered like a huge hollow, crimson float on the surface of that milky sea of mist. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context I knowed mighty well that a drownded man don't float on his back, but on his face. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context			fling up in face flip flip around flip burgers flip for flip lid flip off flip out flip over flip side flip the bird flip through flip wig flirt flirt with flirt with the idea of doing flit flit about flit from flit from person to person float float a loan float an idea float around float into float on float on air float through flock flock after flock around flock in flock to flock together flog flog a dead horse flog to death flood flood in flood out flood out of flood with floor floor it flop flop around flop as flop down flop down on flop into flop over			Float bridge Float bridge Float bridge Float case Float chamber Float chamber float chambers float chambers float check float coal float coat float collar Float Compare float control Float copper Float Double Float Festival float finish float gage Float glass Float glass Float Glass India Ltd. Float in/Float out float into float level Float Lock Down float mineral float nurse float off float on float on air Float On, Float Off Float On/Float Off Float ore Float plane Float plane float scaffold Float stone Float switch Float switch float through Float to Integer float trap Float valve Float valve float valves float valves Float Wave Electric Power Station Float Zone Float zone process Float zone process float-and-sink analysis float-controlled valve float-controlled valve float-cut file Float-Down float-feed float-type rain gage Float-zone process Float-zone process

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