Float

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Verb 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

English

Verb

to float (floating, floated , floats )

1. To sit on top of a liquid of greater density than the object or substance floating.

   A boat is built to float on water

   The oil floated on the vinegar

2. To be capable of floating

   That boat doesn't float

   Oil floats on vinegar

3. To drift through the air.

   The baloon floated in the distance

4. To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
5. (finance) To allow a price to be determined by the markets as opposed to by rule

   The yen floats against the dollar.

6. To put forth for consideration

   I floated the idea of free ice cream on Fridays, but no one went for it

7. To extend a short-term loan

   Could you float me $50 until payday?

8. To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating

   I'd love to just float downstream

Translations

• Dutch: drijven
• French: flotter
• German: schwimmen
• Ido: flotacar
• Italian: galleggiare

Noun

float (Plural: floats)

1. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
2. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces.
3. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade]] or pageant .
4. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid
   1. (banking ) The total amount of checks or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
   2. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out
5. (programming) Short form of floating-point number.
6. A beverage (often root-beer ) with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it.

Translations

• Dutch: vlot ???? n