flote

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/fləʊt/

noun

A wave.

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Meanings

flote1

verb
  1. pastsimple past of flite.

flote2

nounflote (plural flotes)

plural flotes

  1. obsoleteA wave.

    Ar. […]and for the reſt o'th' Fleet (Which I diſpers'd) they all haue met againe, And are vpon the Mediterranean Flote Bound ſadly home for Naples, Suppoſing that they ſaw the Kings ſhip wrackt, And his great perſon periſh.

    1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4

flote3

verbflote (third-person singular simple present flotes, present participle floting, simple past and past participle floted)

present singular third person flotes · participle present floting · participle past floted · past floted

  1. archaictransitiveTo fleet; to skim.

    seald their Milk before they flote it

    1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC

Origin

Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).

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Translations

Russian волна́
  • волна́ (volná)a wave

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flote

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Sounds the same

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APA

flote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flote

MLA

“flote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flote. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flote.

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