Float (IPA: /ˈfɫoʊt/)
| Float (v. i.) |
Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something. |
| Float (v. i.) |
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. |
| Float (v. i.) |
The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. |
| Float (v. i.) |
The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. |
| Float (v. i.) |
Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. |
| Float (v. i.) |
A float board. See Float board (below). |
| Float (v. i.) |
A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. |
| Float (v. i.) |
The act of flowing; flux; flow. |
| Float (v. i.) |
A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. |
| Float (v. i.) |
The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed. |
| Float (v. i.) |
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. |
| Float (v. i.) |
A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe. |
| Float (v. i.) |
A coal cart. |
| Float (v. i.) |
The sea; a wave. See Flote, n. |
| Float (n.) |
To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. |
| Float (n.) |
To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air. |
| Float (v. t.) |
To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. |
| Float (v. t.) |
To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. |
| Float (v. t.) |
To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet. |
| Float (v. t.) |
To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation. |
| Float |
The amount of time a task in a project network can be delayed |
| Float |
Property in a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) |
| Float |
Decorated platform which is a component of many festive parades |
| Float |
Floats used for floatplanes |
| Float |
Form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart |
| Float Synonyms |
Ice-cream Float, Ice-cream Soda |
| Float Synonyms |
Plasterer's Float |
| Float Synonyms |
Be Adrift, Blow, Drift |
| Float Synonyms |
Swim |
| FLOAT (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Fibre-Linked Optical Array Telescope |
Float Rhymes
