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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) float the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
(n) float the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
(n) float an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
(n) float , plasterer's float a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
(n) float something that floats on the surface of water
Verbs (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”
(v) float , swim be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
(v) float set afloat “He floated the logs down the river” ,
“The boy floated his toy boat on the pond”
(v) float circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with “The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform”
(v) float move lightly, as if suspended “The dancer floated across the stage”
(v) float put into the water “float a ship”
(v) float make the surface of level or smooth “float the plaster”
(v) float allow (currencies) to fluctuate “The government floated the ruble for a few months”
(v) float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation “float data”
