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float

noun: the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

noun: the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

noun: a drink with ice cream floating in it

noun: an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

noun: a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

noun: something that floats on the surface of water

noun: an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

verb: 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"

verb: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

verb: set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

verb: circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

verb: move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"

verb: put into the water; "float a ship"

verb: make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"

verb: allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

verb: convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"


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float

Length: 5 letters

Scrabble value: 8

Words with Friends value: 9

Literati value: 7

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