Float Meaning and Definition

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What is the definition Float? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Antonyms, Synonyms, Words ending with Float, Example sentences, Derivations, Words starting with Float, Related sentences and more...

Word: Float

How to pronounce: fləʊt

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.

Example sentences: "She relaxed, floating gently in the water"

2. Move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.

Example sentences: "Clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky"

3. Put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.

Example sentences: "A similar idea was floated in March this year by Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead following an energy summit held in the city last year."

4. (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets.

Example sentences: "A policy of letting the pound float"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A thing that is buoyant in water.

2. A platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a parade.

Example sentences: "A carnival float"

3. A hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster or concrete.

Example sentences: "I climbed the ladder with my float, trowel and plaster and reached upwards towards the missing section of my ceiling."

4. A soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.

Example sentences: "Root-beer floats"

5. (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.

Example sentences: "As long as a task does not slip past the amount of float time, it will not affect the overall process or project time."

Synonyms:

soar

hover

sail

raft

drift

cruise

buoy

range

blow

swim