Definitions for floats

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floats float

Spelling: [floht]

IPA: /floʊt/

Floats is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in floats (aflost).

Definitions for floats

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 floats

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 floats

But she ran a badly flawed campaign, Obama won, and Hillary is now an international diplomat who floats above partisan politics.

The film often floats back and forth between these moments of satire and sadness.

With proper use the canoe is one of the safest crafts that floats.

Any ship that floats becomes invulnerable with one of these.

There were a couple of black children on one of the floats, and a plump black tuba player marched with the high school band.

The swan pushes from the bank and floats dreaming into mid stream.

I can only say that in any case it is of the kind that floats and is unfixed.

You've been fishing with another man's floats and losing your labor.

The festival, like all Jewish festivals, floats around the calendar—this year, in fact, it falls on Thanksgiving.

But Still Walking is bathed in lovely summer light, and it floats on air.