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