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