float off
Frequency: 6.35.2 per million words
To detach and move away from a surface by floating.
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Examples (10)
- The ice chunk began to float off from the main glacier.
- Several leaves floated off the pond's surface in the breeze.
- The small boat floated off its moorings during the storm.
- I watched the balloon float off into the distance.
- The oil slick started to float off the contaminated water.
- Pieces of debris floated off the wreckage site.
- The lily pad floated off toward the far shore.
- We saw the raft float off downstream after breaking loose.
- The cork floated off the bottle when it fell into the river.
- Foam bubbles float off the wave crests in strong winds.