Definition of float

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Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

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Floated :: Floated (imp. & p. p.) of Floa.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water..
Floating :: Floating (n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc..
Hover :: Hover (v. i.) To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something..
Levity :: Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity..
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.
Float :: 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..
Navigerous :: Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.
Filtration :: Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
Floating :: Floating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floa.
Natant :: Natant (a.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants..
Ride :: Ride (v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Pontoon :: Pontoon (n.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops..
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
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