S: (v) float, drift, be adrift, blow (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"
S: (v) float, swim (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
S: (v) float (set afloat) "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
S: (v) float (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with) "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
S: (v) float (move lightly, as if suspended) "The dancer floated across the stage"