FLOAT

Definition

1. noun the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment.
2. noun the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public.
3. noun a drink with ice cream floating in it. — synonyms: ice-cream_soda, ice-cream_float
4. noun an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade.
5. noun a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco. — synonyms: plasterer's_float
6. noun something that floats on the surface of water.
7. noun an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy. — synonyms: air_bladder, swim_bladder
8. verb be in motion due to some air or water current. — synonyms: drift, be_adrift, blow
9. verb be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. — synonyms: swim
10. verb set afloat.
11. verb circulate or discuss tentatively.
12. verb move lightly, as if suspended.
13. verb put into the water.
14. verb make the surface of level or smooth.
15. verb allow (currencies) to fluctuate.
16. verb convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.