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float
has definitions from the fields of food,finance,stock exchange,business,transportation,nautical
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[ verb ] be in motion due to some air or water current
Examples "The leaves were blowing in the wind" "the boat drifted on the lake" "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea" "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Still Andrena will do a reasonably good job , so that an animal with a full pollen load looks_like a gay little piece of yellow down floating in the wind . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty would hear the front_door in the evening and then his father 's deep slow voice ; it floated up the stairs . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I was drunk with excitement and the smell of gunpowder that came floating down from the road , and the fact that I was not afraid now , but only waiting to know what to do next . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)A strange wood creature came floating up from a patch of berry bushes . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Eyes swerved in the patronne 's head , Alex coughed loudly , and the doctor , with a sforzando of chicken noises floating behind him , took to the stairs in long_shanked leaps . |
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[ verb ] be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
Synonyms Used in print (The New York Times,...)The ball floated downstream . (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)The vegetables were not readily metabolized by the bacteria in the aeration unit and tended to float on the surface . |
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[ verb ] (transportation) set afloat
Examples "He floated the logs down the river" "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)The washing process whereby soils are removed consists basically of applying mechanical action to loosen the dirt particles and dried matter in the presence of water which helps to float off the debris and acts , to some extent , as a dissolving and solvating agent . |
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[ noun ] the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
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[ verb ] allow (currencies) to fluctuate
Examples "The government floated the ruble for a few months" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (food) a drink with ice cream floating in it
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[ verb ] circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
Examples "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform" Related terms |
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[ verb ] convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Examples "float data" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
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[ noun ] a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
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[ noun ] (finance,stock exchange,business) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
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