Hyphenation of float

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float

Definitions of float:

1.
The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
2.
The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
3.
A drink with ice cream floating in it
4.
An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
5.
A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
6.
Something that floats on the surface of water
7.
An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
8.
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
9.
Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
10.
Set afloat
He floated the logs down the river The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
11.
Circulate or discuss tentatively
Test the waters with The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
12.
Move lightly, as if suspended
The dancer floated across the stage
13.
Put into the water
Float a ship
14.
Make the surface of level or smooth
Float the plaster
15.
Allow (currencies) to fluctuate
The government floated the ruble for a few months
16.
Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Float data

Synonyms of float:

nountime interval, interval
noun stock
nounice-cream soda, ice-cream float, drink
noun display, presentation
nounplasterer's float, hand tool
noun artifact, artefact
verb drift, be adrift, blow, travel, go, move, locomote
verb swim, travel, go, move, locomote
verb transport
verb test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
verb travel, go, move, locomote
verb launch
verb smooth, smoothen
verb value
verb convert, change over

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