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float



I - noun
1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
Hypernyms:
time interval, interval
2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
Hypernyms:
stock
3. a drink with ice cream floating in it
Syn:
ice-cream soda, ice-cream float
Hypernyms:
drink
Hyponyms:
root beer float
4. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
Hypernyms:
display, presentation
5. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
Syn:
plasterer's float
Hypernyms:
hand tool
6. something that floats on the surface of water
Derivationally related forms:
floaty
Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
Hyponyms:
bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat, chip,
life preserver, preserver, flotation device, pontoon, raft
7. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Syn:
air bladder, swim bladder
Hypernyms:
sac

II - verb
1. be in motion due to some air or water current (Freq. 14)
- 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
Syn:
drift, be adrift, blow
Derivationally related forms:
blow (for: blow), drift (for: drift)
Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
Hyponyms:
waft, tide, stream
Verb Group:
drift
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (Freq. 4)
Syn:
swim
Ant:
sink
Derivationally related forms:
swim (for: swim), floating, floater, floatation, flotation
Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
Hyponyms:
buoy
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- These cars won't float
3. set afloat (Freq. 3)
- He floated the logs down the river
- The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
Derivationally related forms:
floatation, flotation
Hypernyms:
transport
Hyponyms:
tide, drift, refloat
Verb Group:
swim
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The girls float the wooden sticks
4. circulate or discuss tentatively;
test the waters with
- The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
Hypernyms:
test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. move lightly, as if suspended
- The dancer floated across the stage
Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
Hyponyms:
ride
Verb Group:
drift, be adrift, blow, swim
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
6. put into the water
- float a ship
Derivationally related forms:
floatation, flotation
Hypernyms:
launch
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. make the surface of level or smooth
- float the plaster
Topics:
masonry
Hypernyms:
smooth, smoothen
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- The government floated the ruble for a few months
Hypernyms:
value
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- float data
Hypernyms:
convert, change over
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

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