Definition of Float

  • 1. The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment Noun
  • 2. The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public Noun
  • 3. A drink with ice cream floating in it Noun
  • 4. An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade Noun
  • 5. A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco Noun
  • 6. Something that floats on the surface of water Noun
  • 7. An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy Noun
  • 8. Be in motion due to some air or water current Verb
  • 9. Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom Verb
  • 10. Set afloat Verb
  • 11. Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with Verb
  • 12. Move lightly, as if suspended Verb
  • 13. Put into the water Verb
  • 14. Make the surface of level or smooth Verb
  • 15. Allow (currencies) to fluctuate Verb
  • 16. Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation Verb

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