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REFLOAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refloat mean?
• REFLOAT (verb)
The verb REFLOAT has 1 sense:
1. set afloat again
Familiarity information: REFLOAT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they refloat ... he / she / it refloats
Past simple: refloated
Past participle: refloated
-ing form: refloating
... he / she / it refloats Past simple: refloated
Past participle: refloated
-ing form: refloating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set afloat again
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
refloat a grounded boat
Hypernyms (to "refloat" is one way to...):
float (set afloat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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