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float | move lightly, as if suspended | |
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float, swim | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom | |
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air bladder, swim bladder, float | an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy | |
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float | an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade | |
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V1 |
float, drift, blow, be adrift | be in motion due to some air or water current | |
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float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float | a drink with ice cream floating in it | |
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float | something that floats on the surface of water | |
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float, plasterer's float | a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco | |
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V2 |
float | set afloat | |
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V2 |
float | put into the water | |
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V2 |
float | circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with | |
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V2 |
float | [in masonry] make the surface of level or smooth | |
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float | the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public | |
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V2 |
float | allow (currencies) to fluctuate | |
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float | the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment | |
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V2 |
float | convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation |