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Meaning & Definition of Float in English

English

Float

/floʊt/

noun

1. The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

synonym:
  • float

2. The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

synonym:
  • float

3. A drink with ice cream floating in it

synonym:
  • ice-cream soda,
  • ice-cream float,
  • float

4. An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

synonym:
  • float

5. A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

synonym:
  • float,
  • plasterer's float

6. Something that floats on the surface of water

synonym:
  • float

7. An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

synonym:
  • air bladder,
  • swim bladder,
  • float

verb

1. 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"
synonym:
  • float,
  • drift,
  • be adrift,
  • blow

2. Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

synonym:
  • float,
  • swim

3. Set afloat

  • "He floated the logs down the river"
  • "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
synonym:
  • float

4. Circulate or discuss tentatively

  • Test the waters with
  • "The republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
synonym:
  • float

5. Move lightly, as if suspended

  • "The dancer floated across the stage"
synonym:
  • float

6. Put into the water

  • "Float a ship"
synonym:
  • float

7. Make the surface of level or smooth

  • "Float the plaster"
synonym:
  • float

8. Allow (currencies) to fluctuate

  • "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
synonym:
  • float

9. Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

  • "Float data"
synonym:
  • float

Examples of using

It's possible for a ball of lead to float on water.
Let's swim out to the float.
Will you teach me how to float?