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Float

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Definitions for Float

noun
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
noun
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
noun
a drink with ice cream floating in it
Synonyms
ice-cream soda ice-cream float
noun
an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
noun
a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
Synonyms
plasterer's float
noun
something that floats on the surface of water
noun
an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Synonyms
air bladder swim bladder
verb
be in motion due to some air or water current
Synonyms
drift be adrift blow
Examples
  1. The leaves were blowing in the wind
  2. the boat drifted on the lake
  3. The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
  4. the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
verb
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
Synonyms
swim
verb
set afloat
Examples
  1. He floated the logs down the river
  2. The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
verb
circulate or discuss tentatively
Examples
  1. test the waters with
  2. The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
verb
move lightly, as if suspended
Examples
  1. The dancer floated across the stage
verb
put into the water
Examples
  1. float a ship
verb
make the surface of level or smooth
Examples
  1. float the plaster
verb
allow (currencies) to fluctuate
Examples
  1. The government floated the ruble for a few months
verb
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Examples
  1. float data

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