float
Noun
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is a type of: interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
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is a type of: stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
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is a type of: drink - a single serving of a beveragesubtypes: root beer float - an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beersame as: ice-cream float, ice-cream soda
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is a type of: display, presentation - a visual representation of something
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is a type of: hand tool - a tool used with workers' handssame as: plasterer's float
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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
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is a type of: sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animalsame as: air bladder, swim bladder
Verb
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes: buoy - float on the surface of watersame as: swim
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is a type of: transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distancessubtypes:
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes: ride - be sustained or supported or borne
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is a type of: launch - propel with forceverb group: float - set afloat
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referred to in: masonry - the craft of a mason
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is a type of: value - fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
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is a type of: change over, convert - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
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- Body Parts
- Nouns denoting animals
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- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
- Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
- Specific
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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