refloat
verb /ˌriːˈfləʊt/
/ˌriːˈfləʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they refloat | /ˌriːˈfləʊt/ /ˌriːˈfləʊt/ |
| he / she / it refloats | /ˌriːˈfləʊts/ /ˌriːˈfləʊts/ |
| past simple refloated | /ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/ /ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/ |
| past participle refloated | /ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/ /ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form refloating | /ˌriːˈfləʊtɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈfləʊtɪŋ/ |
- refloat something to make a boat or ship float again, for example after it has become stuck on the bottom in shallow water
- A salvage team had battled for five days to refloat the ship.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRefloat is used with these nouns as the object:- vessel