the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > be light [verb (intransitive)] > rise due to lightness > be buoyant or rise to surface (4)
intransitive. To rest upon the surface of a liquid; to be buoyed up; opposed to sink. Obsolete exc. dialect.
To rest on the surface of any liquid; to be buoyed up; to be or become buoyant.
To be supported in a fluid medium.
intransitive. To rise to, or float on, the surface of a liquid; to rise, swell (as the sea). Obsolete.