float
What is the 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)
- 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
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- set afloat
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
- move lightly, as if suspended
- put into the water
- make the surface of level or smooth
- allow (currencies)
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
How can I use float in a sentence?
The float drifted gently down the river. - Плот медленно плыл вниз по реке.
The float drifted down the river. - Поплавок плыл вниз по реке.
Other meanings of float (synonyms, cognates).
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| floating |
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| floating assets |
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| floating capital |
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| floating currency |
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| floating debt |
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| floating policy |
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| floating population |
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| floating rates |
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