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float
/floʊt/
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  1. noun
    an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

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    air bladder swim bladder
    type of:
    sac
  2. verb
    be in motion due to some air or water current

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    be adrift blow drift
    type of:
    locomote go move travel
  3. noun
    a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

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    plasterer's float
    type of:
    hand tool
  4. verb
    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

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    swim
    Opposite:
    sink
    type of:
    go move locomote travel
  5. noun
    a drink with ice cream floating in it

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    ice-cream float ice-cream soda
    type of:
    drink
  6. verb
    allow (currencies) to fluctuate
    "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
    type of:
    value
  7. noun
    an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
  8. verb
    circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
    "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
  9. verb
    convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
    "float data"
    type of:
    change over convert
  10. verb
    make the surface of level or smooth
    "float the plaster"
    type of:
    smooth smoothen
  11. verb
    move lightly, as if suspended
    "The dancer floated across the stage"
    type of:
    go locomote move travel
  12. verb
    put into the water
    "float a ship"
    type of:
    launch
  13. verb
    set afloat
    "He floated the logs down the river" "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
    type of:
    transport
  14. noun
    something that floats on the surface of water
    type of:
    artefact artifact
  15. noun
    the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
    type of:
    stock
  16. noun
    the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
Definition that contains float
  • buoy float on the surface of water
  • adrift floating freely; not anchored
  • ballcock floating ball that controls level in a water tank
  • aldrovanda vesiculosa floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
  • waterwheel plant floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
  • lily pad floating leaves of a water lily
  • ball cock floating ball that controls level in a water tank
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