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