Float
Float noun - A structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers.
Swimming
Swimming adjective - Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
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Synonyms for Swimming
Float is a synonym for swimming. Sometimes you can use "Float" instead the word "Swimming" as a verb or an adjective.
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A common variant where the victim was already swimming is to have various items of diving gear float to the surface, such as masks, fins or airbottles.
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The managers of these companies often end up swimming in the waaste or adrift on a float on the waste, waiting for the police to pick them up.
Source: Toxic, Inc. -
The Sky Is an Ocean: People in the album De Luchtzwemmers float in the sky, but manoeuvre themselves by swimming, hence the title De Luchtzwemmers ("The Air Swimmers").
Source: Comic Book / Jommeke
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