Definition of float

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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..

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Floating :: Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..
Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.
Floater :: Floater (n.) One who floats or swims.
Float :: Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish..
Canard :: Canard (n.) An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
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..
Floated :: Floated (imp. & p. p.) of Floa.
Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Supernatant :: Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Floaty :: Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth..
Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..
Aeroplane :: Aeroplane (n.) A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it..
Darby :: Darby (n.) A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc..
Seine :: Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish..
Downstream :: Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream..
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..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n..
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