floats

Voornaamste vertalingen
Engels		Nederlands
float⇒ vi	(bob on surface: of water, etc.)	drijven onoverg.ww
		dobberen, deinen onoverg.ww
	The science teacher showed the students that pumice can float.
float vi	(drift on wind)	zweven onoverg.ww
	The autumn leaves floated gently to the ground.
float n	(swimming: flotation aid)	drijver nw de
		vlot nw het
		boei nw de
	The survivor was found clinging to a float in the ocean.
float n	UK (decorated vehicle)	praalwagen, pronkwagen nw de
		kar nw de
	Paul built one of the floats in the parade.
float n	(on a fishing line)	drijver nw de
		dobber nw de
	Karen attached a float to her line to keep the lure from getting trapped on the lake bed.
float n	(device: measures water level) (voor het meten van waterniveau)	vlotter nw de
	The gauge used a float to measure the water level.
float n	UK (shop: money to use as change)	kleingeld nw het, ont
		contanten nw mv
	Don't take all the money from the till to the bank. We need to keep some back for tomorrow's float or we won't be able to give anyone any change!

Aanvullende vertalingen
Engels		Nederlands
float n	uncountable (finance: currency)	zwevende wisselkoers bn + nw de
		fluctuerende wisselkoers bn + nw de
		zwevende valuta bn + nw de
	The Federal Reserve keeps track of weekly and seasonal trends in the amount of float.
float n	figurative (finance: stocks) (vrij verhandelbare aandelen)	free float nw de
	The investor didn't have enough float to trade on the market.
float [sth]⇒ vtr	figurative (propose, suggest: an idea)	opperen, suggereren overg.ww
		naar voren brengen, ter sprake brengen frase
		voorstellen overg.ww
		aandragen overg.ww

Overeenkomende vermeldingen van de andere kant van het woordenboek

Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
Engels		Nederlands
float away vi phrasal	(on water: drift off)	wegdrijven ww
	He didn't tie up the boat properly, so it began to float away.
float away vi phrasal	(in air: drift off)	wegzweven ww
	The girl let go of the string and her balloon floated away.

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