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Search phrase: float

Plays

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.87And floating straight, obedient to the stream,And floating straight, obedient to the streame,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.355That floated with thee on the fatal raft?That floated with thee on the fatall rafte. 
CoriolanusCor IV.i.7Showed mastership in floating; fortune's blowsShew'd Mastership in floating. Fortunes blowes,
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.220On such a full sea are we now afloat,On such a full Sea are we now a-float,
King JohnKJ II.i.74Did never float upon the swelling tideDid neuer flote vpon the swelling tide,
MacbethMac IV.ii.21But float upon a wild and violent sea,But floate vpon a wilde and violent Sea
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iv.83But such a vessel 'tis that floats but forBut such a vessell tis, that floates but for

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SonnetsSonn.80.9 Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat, Your shallowest helpe will hold me vp a floate,

Glossary

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flap-dragons[game of bravado] snap-dragons: small burning objects floating on liquor, which have to be avoided while drinking; or: edible objects floating on burning liquor, to be seized and eaten
fleetbe afloat, be under sail
hulllie, float, drift [with sails furled]
livestay afloat, avoid destruction
pendenthanging in space, floating in the air
swimfloat, sail

Thesaurus

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afloat, befleet
afloat, staylive
air, floating in thependent
floatswim
floathull
floating in the airpendent

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AFLOATBASICsee FLOAT
FLOATBASICafloat adv, float v, floating n

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