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English noun: float | |||
| 1. | float (time) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interval, time interval | ||
| 2. | float (possession) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stock | ||
| 3. | float (food) a drink with ice cream floating in it | ||
| Synonyms | ice-cream float, ice-cream soda | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drink | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | root beer float | ||
| 4. | float (artifact) an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, presentation | ||
| 5. | float (artifact) a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco | ||
| Synonyms | plasterer's float | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hand tool | ||
| 6. | float (artifact) something that floats on the surface of water | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bob, bobber, bobfloat, chip, cork, flotation device, life preserver, pontoon, preserver, raft | ||
| 7. | float (animal) an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy | ||
| Synonyms | air bladder, swim bladder | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sac | ||
English verb: float | |||
| 1. | float (motion) be in motion due to some air or water current | ||
| Samples | The leaves were blowing in the wind. The boat drifted on the lake. The sailboat was adrift on the open sea. The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore. | ||
| Synonyms | be adrift, blow, drift | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stream, tide, waft | ||
| Verb group | drift, float | ||
| 2. | float (motion) be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom | ||
| Examples | These cars won't float | ||
| Synonyms | swim | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buoy | ||
| Verb group | float, float | ||
| Antonyms | go under, go down, sink, settle | ||
| 3. | float (motion) set afloat | ||
| Samples | He floated the logs down the river. The boy floated his toy boat on the pond. | ||
| Examples | The girls float the wooden sticks | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transport | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drift, refloat, tide | ||
| Verb group | float, float, swim | ||
| 4. | float (social) circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with | ||
| Samples | The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out | ||
| 5. | float (motion) move lightly, as if suspended | ||
| Samples | The dancer floated across the stage. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ride | ||
| Verb group | be adrift, blow, drift, float, float, swim | ||
| 6. | float (contact) put into the water | ||
| Samples | Float a ship. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | launch | ||
| Verb group | float | ||
| 7. | float (contact) make the surface of level or smooth | ||
| Samples | Float the plaster. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | smooth, smoothen | ||
| Domain category | masonry | ||
| 8. | float (cognition) allow (currencies) to fluctuate | ||
| Samples | The government floated the ruble for a few months. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | value | ||
| 9. | float (change) convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation | ||
| Samples | Float data. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change over, convert | ||
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