Float

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Definitions:

Noun

float

Definition: the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

float

Definition: the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

ice-cream soda ice-cream float float

Definition: a drink with ice cream floating in it

float

Definition: an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

float plasterer's float

Definition: a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

float

Definition: something that floats on the surface of water

air bladder swim bladder float

Definition: an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

Definition: A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

Verb

float drift be adrift blow

Definition: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

float swim

Definition: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

float

Definition: set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

float

Definition: circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

float

Definition: move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"

float

Definition: put into the water; "float a ship"

float

Definition: make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"

float

Definition: allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

float

Definition: convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"

Definition: Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.