FLOAT - Translation from English into Russian

I. float [fləʊt, Am floʊt] VB intr

1. float in liquid, air:

float

пла́вать

to float to the surface

всплыть на пове́рхность

2. float (move aimlessly):

float

проноси́ться

3. float econ:

float

колеба́ться

II. float [fləʊt, Am floʊt] VB trans

1. float (keep afloat):

float

подде́рживать на пове́рхности

2. float econ, FIN:

to float a business/company

организова́ть но́вую компа́нию и вы́пустить её а́кции на ры́нок

3. float (air):

to float an idea

выноси́ть на обсужде́ние

III. float [fləʊt, Am floʊt] N

1. float naut:

float

поплаво́к m

float (for people)

пла́вательный по́яс m

2. float (vehicle):

float

плот m

3. float Aus, Brit (cash):

float

разме́нные де́ньги мн

float about, float around VB intr inf (circulate)

float about

распространя́ться

float about people

переходи́ть с ме́ста на ме́сто

float about rumour

носи́ться в во́здухе

float off VB intr

float off

отплыва́ть

milk float N Brit

milk float

молоково́з m

Present

I	float
you	float
he/she/it	floats
we	float
you	float
they	float

Past

I	floated
you	floated
he/she/it	floated
we	floated
you	floated
they	floated

Present Perfect

I	have	floated
you	have	floated
he/she/it	has	floated
we	have	floated
you	have	floated
they	have	floated

Past Perfect

I	had	floated
you	had	floated
he/she/it	had	floated
we	had	floated
you	had	floated
they	had	floated

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

He obviously misjudged how deep it was and when he pressed the accelerator the wheels just span and the car started to float off.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It goes off into space and there's so much ultraviolet radiation out there that it just breaks it all apart again and these atoms float off.

www.abc.net.au

I can not believe that musicians back then didn't float off into free playing.

en.wikipedia.org

But we're all human beings and our feet do float off the ground and think we are b----- marvellous.

www.telegraph.co.uk

It seemed a shame to have come so far with this wonderful array of characters and then to let it float off after three seasons.

www.stuff.co.nz