float
Noun
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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
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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)
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A drink with ice cream floating in it (synset 107939274)
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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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
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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' handssame as: plasterer's float
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Something that floats on the surface of water (synset 103369186)
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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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 animalsame as: air bladder, swim bladder
Verb
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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 metaphoricallysubtypes:
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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 metaphoricallysubtypes: buoy - float on the surface of watersame as: swim
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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 distancessubtypes:
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Circulate or discuss tentatively;
Test the waters with (synset 202537745)"The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform" -
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 metaphoricallysubtypes: ride - be sustained or supported or borne
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Put into the water (synset 201517519)
"float a ship"is a type of: launch - propel with forceverb group: float - set afloat
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Make the surface of level or smooth (synset 201364701)
"float the plaster"referred to in: masonry - the craft of a mason
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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
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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
Found on Word Lists
- Body Parts
- Nouns denoting animals
- Nouns denoting foods and drinks
- 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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