Noun

• S: (n) float (float%1:28:00::) (the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment)
• S: (n) float (float%1:21:00::) (the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public)
• S: (n) ice-cream soda (ice-cream_soda%1:13:00::), ice-cream float (ice-cream_float%1:13:00::), float (float%1:13:00::) (a drink with ice cream floating in it)
• S: (n) float (float%1:06:02::) (an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade)
• S: (n) float (float%1:06:01::), plasterer's float (plasterer's_float%1:06:00::) (a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco)
• S: (n) float (float%1:06:00::) (something that floats on the surface of water)
• S: (n) air bladder (air_bladder%1:05:00::), swim bladder (swim_bladder%1:05:00::), float (float%1:05:00::) (an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy)

Verb

• S: (v) float (float%2:38:00::), drift (drift%2:38:02::), be adrift (be_adrift%2:38:00::), blow (blow%2:38:00::) (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 (float%2:38:01::), swim (swim%2:38:01::) (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
• S: (v) float (float%2:38:02::) (set afloat) "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
• S: (v) float (float%2:41:03::) (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with) "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
• S: (v) float (float%2:38:04::) (move lightly, as if suspended) "The dancer floated across the stage"
• S: (v) float (float%2:35:04::) (put into the water) "float a ship"
• S: (v) float (float%2:35:00::) (make the surface of level or smooth) "float the plaster"
• S: (v) float (float%2:31:00::) (allow (currencies) to fluctuate) "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
• S: (v) float (float%2:30:03::) (convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation) "float data"