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float

(fl/oU/t )

the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment(noun.time)

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the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public(noun.possession)

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a drink with ice cream floating in it(noun.food)

Synonym:
ice-cream float, ice-cream soda

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an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade(noun.artifact)

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a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco(noun.artifact)

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something that floats on the surface of water(noun.artifact)

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an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy(noun.animal)

Synonym:
air bladder, swim bladder

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Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.(noun)

source: webster1913

be in motion due to some air or water current(verb.motion)

Synonym:
be adrift, blow, drift

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be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom(verb.motion)

Synonym:
swim
Antonym:
go down, go under, settle, sink

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set afloat(verb.motion)

Example:
He floated the logs down the river.
The boy floated his toy boat on the pond.

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circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with(verb.social)

Example:
The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform.

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move lightly, as if suspended(verb.motion)

Example:
The dancer floated across the stage.

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put into the water(verb.contact)

Example:
Float a ship.

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make the surface of level or smooth(verb.contact)

Example:
Float the plaster.

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allow (currencies) to fluctuate(verb.cognition)

Example:
The government floated the ruble for a few months.

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convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation(verb.change)

Example:
Float data.

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To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.(verb)

source: webster1913