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Float
fləʊt
- rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking
"she relaxed, floating gently in the water"
stay afloat stay on the surface be buoyant be buoyed up- cause (a buoyant object) to rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid
"trees were felled and floated downstream"
- be suspended freely in a liquid or gas
"fragments of chipped cartilage floated in the joint"
- move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift
"clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky"
hover levitate be suspended hang defy gravity drift glide sail slip slide waft flow stream move travel be carried- (of a rumour, idea, etc.) circulate
"the notion was floating around Capitol Hill"
- move in a casual or leisurely way
"Araminta floated down the stairs"
- (in sport) make (the ball) travel lightly and effortlessly through the air
"he floated the kick into the net"
- put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions
"he is floating the idea of selling the land to builders at a lower cost"
suggest put forward come up with submit raise moot propose advance offer proffer posit present table test the popularity of- offer the shares of (a company) for sale on the stock market for the first time
"when the company was floated on the stock market in 2014 it was valued at £560m"
- (of the shares of a company) be offered for sale on the stock market for the first time
"the company announced yesterday that it's going to go public and float on the stock market"
- (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets
"a policy of letting the pound float"
- allow (a currency) to float
- a thing that is buoyant in water
- a small object attached to a fishing line to indicate by moving when a fish bites
- a cork or buoy supporting the edge of a fishing net
- a light object held for support by a person learning to swim
- a hollow or inflated organ enabling an organism (such as the Portuguese man-of-war) to float in the water
- a hollow structure fixed underneath an aircraft enabling it to take off and land on water
- a floating device on the surface of a liquid which forms part of a valve apparatus controlling flow in and out of the enclosing container, e.g. in a water cistern or a carburettor
- an instance of offering the shares of a company for sale on the stock market for the first time
"the firm became one of the biggest names to say it would pursue a stock market float"
- a small vehicle or cart, especially one powered by electricity
- a platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a procession
"a carnival float"
- a sum of money used for change at the beginning of a period of trading in a shop or stall etc., or for minor expenditures
- a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster
- a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it
"ice-cream floats"
- (in critical path analysis) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process