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floats

SayFLOHTSUS/floʊts/UK/fləʊts/

2 meanings of floats

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third person singular present tense of float. Use it with he, she, or it.

    A wooden block floats easily on calm water.

    The balloon floats up toward the ceiling.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of float. Use this form when you mean more than one float.

    The parade had ten colorful floats this year.

    We ordered two root beer floats at the diner.

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floats is a form of float

float, verb: To stay on top of water or another liquid instead of sinking. Full entry

Forms
floatfloats he/she/itfloating -ing formfloated past tense, past participle
Spelling
float → floats: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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