float
verb
[ fləʊt ]
• rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
• "she relaxed, floating gently in the water"
Similar:
stay afloat,
stay on the surface,
be buoyant,
be buoyed up,
• move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.
• "clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky"
Similar:
hover,
levitate,
be suspended,
hang,
defy gravity,
drift,
glide,
sail,
slip,
slide,
waft,
flow,
stream,
move,
travel,
be carried,
• put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.
Similar:
suggest,
put forward,
come up with,
submit,
raise,
moot,
propose,
advance,
offer,
proffer,
posit,
present,
table,
test the popularity of,
• (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets.
• "a policy of letting the pound float"
float
noun
• a thing that is buoyant in water.
• a small vehicle or cart, especially one powered by electricity.
• a sum of money used for change at the beginning of a period of trading in a shop or stall etc., or for minor expenditures.
• a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster.
• a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
• "ice-cream floats"
• (in critical path analysis) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process.
Origin:
Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet4, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
