Float - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- 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
verb
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (syn: swim)
- set afloat
The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
Extra examples
We are building a float for the homecoming parade.
...the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river...
She was floating on her back.
Will this material sink or float?
The incoming tide will eventually float the ship off the reef.
They floated the logs down the river.
She floated gracefully across the stage.
His voice floated to the back of the room.
Yellow leaves floated down.
He tried to read, but the page floated before his eyes.
The old rivers at Bristol have been penned up, and they are now made floats.
I wasn't sure if the raft would float.
She spent the afternoon floating on her back in the pool.
A couple of broken branches floated past us.
The logs are trimmed and then floated down the river.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: float
he/she/it: floats
present participle: floating
past tense: floated
past participle: floated
singular: float
plural: floats
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