float

Noun
  1. The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment (synset 115319328)
    is a type of: interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
  2. The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public (synset 113357383)
    is a type of: stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
  3. A drink with ice cream floating in it (synset 107939274)
    is a type of: drink - a single serving of a beverage
    subtypes: root beer float - an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer
    same as: ice-cream float, ice-cream soda
  4. An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade (synset 103369621)
    is a type of: display, presentation - a visual representation of something
  5. A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco (synset 103369445)
    is a type of: hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
    same as: plasterer's float
  6. Something that floats on the surface of water (synset 103369186)
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
    • bob, bobber, bobfloat, cork - a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
    • chip - a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
    • flotation device, life preserver, preserver - rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
    • pontoon - a float supporting a seaplane
    • raft - a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
  7. An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy (synset 102470212)
    is a type of: sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal
    same as: air bladder, swim bladder
Verb
  1. Be in motion due to some air or water current (synset 201906776)
    "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"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    • waft - be driven or carried along, as by the air
    • tide - be carried with the tide
    • stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
    same as: be adrift, blow, drift
    verb group:
    • float - move lightly, as if suspended
    • drift - cause to be carried by a current
  2. Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (synset 201908286)
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes: buoy - float on the surface of water
    same as: swim
    verb group:
    • float - move lightly, as if suspended
    • float - set afloat
  3. Set afloat (synset 201878561)
    "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
    is a type of: transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
    subtypes:
    • tide - cause to float with the tide
    • drift - cause to be carried by a current
    • refloat - set afloat again
    verb group:
    • float - put into the water
    • float, swim - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  4. Circulate or discuss tentatively;
    Test the waters with (synset 202537745)
    "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
    is a type of: essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
  5. Move lightly, as if suspended (synset 201842593)
    "The dancer floated across the stage"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes: ride - be sustained or supported or borne
    verb group:
    • be adrift, blow, drift, float - be in motion due to some air or water current
    • float, swim - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  6. Put into the water (synset 201517519)
    "float a ship"
    is a type of: launch - propel with force
    verb group: float - set afloat
  7. Make the surface of level or smooth (synset 201364701)
    "float the plaster"
    referred to in: masonry - the craft of a mason
    is a type of: smooth, smoothen - make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
  8. Allow (currencies) to fluctuate (synset 200697808)
    "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
    is a type of: value - fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
  9. Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation (synset 200567258)
    "float data"
    is a type of: change over, convert - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

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