Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LEVITATE
levitate, hover
(verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; “The guru claimed that he could levitate”
levitate
(verb) cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; “The magician levitated the woman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)
(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
Source: Wiktionary
Lev"i*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity.]
Definition: To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel.
Lev"i*tate, v. i. (Spiritualism)
Definition: To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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