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float

  • the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
  • the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
  • a drink with ice cream floating in it
  • an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
  • a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
  • something that floats on the surface of water
  • an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
  • 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"
  • be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  • set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
  • circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
  • move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
  • put into the water; "float a ship"
  • make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
  • allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
  • convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"

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