A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. Example: Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
A float board.
A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster. Example: When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float.
An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant. Example: That float covered in roses is very pretty.
A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid. Example: Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the float so we stay within our reserves limit.
(and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account. Example: No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished.
Premiums taken in but not yet paid out. Example: We make a lot of interest from our nightly float.
A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double. Example: That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float.
A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it. Example: It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" float.
A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination
A lowboy trailer
(tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as an anvil or die.
The act of flowing; flux; flow.
A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
A coal cart.
A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
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. Example: The boat floated on the water.
To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density. Example: to float a boat
To be capable of floating. Example: Oil floats on vinegar.
To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating Example: I’d love to just float downstream.
To drift or wander aimlessly. Example: Images from my childhood floated through my mind.
To drift gently through the air. Example: The balloon floated off into the distance.
To move in a fluid manner. Example: The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.
To circulate. Example: There's a rumour floating around the office that Jan is pregnant.
(of an idea or scheme) To be viable. Example: That’s a daft idea... it’ll never float.
To propose (an idea) for consideration. Example: I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.
To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
(of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule. Example: The yen floats against the dollar.
To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets. Example: Increased pressure on Thailand’s currency, the baht, in 1997 led to a crisis that forced the government to float the currency.
To extend a short-term loan to. Example: Could you float me $50 until payday?
To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange. Example: 2007, Jonathan Reuvid, Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public.
To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon. Example: It is time to float this horse's teeth.
To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
To perform a float.
To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
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