float

verb/fləʊt/CEFR A2

ভাসা

Meaning

To stay or move on top of water or in the air.

Example sentences

Wood floats on water.কাঠ পানিতে ভাসে।
A balloon floats in the sky.বেলুন আকাশে ভাসে।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: drift, glide

Antonyms: sink

Similar words, and what each means

drift
ভেসে যাওয়া, ভেসে চলা, ভেসে ভেসে চলা
To move slowly on water or in the air without control.
glide
মসৃণভাবে ভেসে চলা
To move smoothly and quietly, as if without effort.
bobber
বড়শির ভাসমান ফাতনা
A small float that shows when a fish bites the bait.
buoy
ভাসমান সংকেত, বয়া
A floating object anchored in water to guide or warn ships.
waft
(গন্ধ) বাতাসে ভেসে আসা
To move gently through the air, especially a smell.

Opposite words

sink
ডোবা, তলিয়ে যাওয়া, সিঙ্ক, বেসিন
To go down below the surface of water.
wade
পানির মধ্যে দিয়ে কষ্ট করে হাঁটা
To walk through water or another substance that slows you down.
drown
ডুবে মরা
To die because you are under water and cannot breathe.
sinker
বড়শির সুতোয় বাঁধা ভার
A small weight that pulls a fishing line under water.

“float” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Objects with low density float on water.
density — dictionary →
Objects float when they are weightless.
weightless — dictionary →
There is gravity — at the space station's height it is close to nine tenths of what it is on the ground. They float because they are falling, and so is the station, and so is everything inside it. An orbit is a fall that keeps missing the earth.
spacewalk — dictionary →

Where this word is used

ভাসা — বাংলা অর্থ

Check yourself

“float” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • পরা
- • ভাসা
- • ঘিরে রাখা; সঙ্গে পাঠানো
- • পুষ্টি জোগানো; লালন করা
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ভাসা — float (verb) — ভাসা. To stay or move on top of water or in the air.
Which word is closest in meaning to “float”?
- • preserve
- • scuff
- • undulate
- • drift
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drift — drift — ভেসে যাওয়া, ভেসে চলা, ভেসে ভেসে চলা. To move slowly on water or in the air without control.

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