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Float   /floʊt/   Listen
Float

verb
(past & past part. floated; pres. part. floating)
1.
Be in motion due to some air or water current.  Synonyms: be adrift, blow, drift.  "The boat drifted on the lake" , "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea" , "The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
2.
Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.  Synonym: swim.  Antonym: sink.
3.
Set afloat.  "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
4.
Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with.
5.
Move lightly, as if suspended.
6.
Put into the water.
7.
Make the surface of level or smooth.
8.
Allow (currencies) to fluctuate.
9.
Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.
noun
1.
The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment.
2.
The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public.
3.
A drink with ice cream floating in it.  Synonyms: ice-cream float, ice-cream soda.
4.
An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade.
5.
A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco.  Synonym: plasterer's float.
6.
Something that floats on the surface of water.
7.
An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy.  Synonyms: air bladder, swim bladder.



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"Float" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dost thou renew thy murmuring, Weak Tide, and hast thou aught of these To tell, the shores where float and cling My love, my hope, ...
— Rhymes a la Mode • Andrew Lang
... corner. The water first passes through fish traps and thence through meters, and from them to the main reservoir tanks, arranged along the center of the boiler house basement. The water is allowed to flow into each tank by means of an automatic float valve. The water will be partly heated in these reservoir tanks by means of hot water discharged from high-pressure steam traps. In this way the heat contained in the drainage from the high-pressure steam is, for the most part, returned ...
— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous
... and tell them to light the kitchen fire, and make all the tea and coffee they can. But tell them to make it good. We shall get more of every thing as soon as it is light. I'll go and bring the boat. I had it drawn up and moored in the ruins ready to float yesterday. I wish I hadn't put on my shirt though: I shall have to swim for ...
— Paul Faber, Surgeon • George MacDonald
... and stillness of the heavens—so boundless and so pure. The moon was full; near it was one bright cloud of silver drapery, upon the edge of which rested a single star. "So shall it be with me," she murmured, "be the clouds that float over the heavens of my soul bright or dark, the star of holy trust shall linger near, ever bringing ...
— Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing • T. S. Arthur
... she answered, colouring; "I clung to you, that was all, more by instinct than from any motive. I think I had a vague idea that you might float ...
— Beatrice • H. Rider Haggard


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