Definitions for float

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float float

Spelling: [floht]

IPA: /floʊt/

Float is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in float (aflot).

Definitions for float

noun

1. something that floats, as a raft.
2. something for buoying up.
3. an inflated bag to sustain a person in water; life preserver.
4. (in certain types of tanks, cisterns, etc.) a device, as a hollow ball, that through its buoyancy automatically regulates the level, supply, or outlet of a liquid.
5. Nautical. a floating platform attached to a wharf, bank, or the like, and used as a landing.
6. Aeronautics. a hollow, boatlike structure under the wing or fuselage of a seaplane or flying boat, keeping it afloat in water.
7. Angling. a piece of cork or other material for supporting a baited line in the water and indicating by its movements when a fish bites.
8. Zoology. an inflated organ that supports an animal in the water.
9. a vehicle bearing a display, usually an elaborate tableau, in a parade or procession:
10. a glass of fruit juice or soft drink with one or more scoops of ice cream floating in it:
11. (especially in the northeastern U.S.) a milk shake with one or more scoops of ice cream floating in it.
12. paddle1 (def 6).
13. Banking. uncollected checks and commercial paper in process of transfer from bank to bank.
14. the total amount of any cost-of-living or other variable adjustments added to an employee's pay or a retiree's benefits:
15. an act or instance of floating, as a currency on the foreign-exchange market.
16. Building Trades. a flat tool for spreading and smoothing plaster or stucco. a tool for polishing marble.
17. a single-cut file of moderate smoothness.
18. a loose-fitting, sometimes very full dress without a waistline.
19. (in weaving and knitting) a length of yarn that extends over several rows or stitches without being interworked.
20. British. a sum of money used by a storekeeper to provide change for the till at the start of a day's business.
21. British. a small vehicle, usually battery powered, used to make deliveries, as of milk.
22. a low-bodied dray for transporting heavy goods.
23. Geology, Mining. loose fragments of rock, ore, etc., that have been moved from one place to another by the action of wind, water, etc. ore that has been washed downhill from an orebody and is found lying on the surface of the ground. any mineral in suspension in water.
24. Usually, floats. British Theater. footlight (def 1).

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to float.
2. to cover with water or other liquid; flood; irrigate.
3. to launch (a company, scheme, etc.); set going.
4. to issue on the stock market in order to raise money, as stocks or bonds.
5. to let (a currency or interest rate) fluctuate in the foreign-exchange or money market.
6. to make smooth with a float, as the surface of plaster.
7. Theater. to lay down (a flat), usually by bracing the bottom edge of the frame with the foot and allowing the rest to fall slowly to the floor.

verb (used without object)

1. to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant:
2. to move gently on the surface of a liquid; drift along:
3. to rest or move in a liquid, the air, etc.:
4. to move lightly and gracefully:
5. to move or hover before the eyes or in the mind:
6. to pass from one person to another:
7. to be free from attachment or involvement.
8. to move or drift about:
9. to vacillate (often followed by between).
10. to be launched, as a company, scheme, etc.
11. (of a currency) to be allowed to fluctuate freely in the foreign-exchange market instead of being exchanged at a fixed rate.
12. (of an interest rate) to change periodically according to money-market conditions.
13. Commerce. to be in circulation, as an acceptance; be awaiting maturity.

Origin of float

before 1000; Middle English floten, Old English flotian; cognate with Old Norse flota, Middle Dutch vloten; akin to Old English flēotan to fleet²

Examples for float

They haven't been dead long enough to float, but that will come in time.

As for boat, or spars, the former would not float, and of the last there was not one.

I am afraid I am not the right person to float a mine on the London market.

In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.

But miraculously they must float in the heavens so far away from us, their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever.

He allows the subject to float over to Hitchcock with a calm directness that I admire.

The tide was rising now, and presently the Ithaca began to float.

You can go as deep as you like, or float about on the surface.

Jeremiah, the captain deserts the ship, but you and I will sink or float with it.'

He had built his ship with very slight reference to the lake on which she was to float.