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something that remains on the surface of a liquid a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data" allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months" make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster" put into the water; "float a ship" move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" be in motion due to some air or water current; "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" be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform" a drink with ice cream floating in it |
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