Dictionary entry details
• FLOAT (noun)
Meaning:
The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("float" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Meaning:
The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("float" is a kind of...):
stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))
Meaning:
A drink with ice cream floating in it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
ice-cream soda; ice-cream float; float
Hypernyms ("float" is a kind of...):
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "float"):
root beer float (an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer)
Meaning:
An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("float" is a kind of...):
display; presentation (a visual representation of something)
Meaning:
A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
plasterer's float; float
Hypernyms ("float" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
Meaning:
Something that remains on the surface of a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("float" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "float"):
bob; bobber; bobfloat; cork (a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line)
chip (a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line)
flotation device; life preserver; preserver (rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning)
pontoon (a float supporting a seaplane)
raft (a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers)
• FLOAT (verb)
Meaning:
Be in motion due to some air or water current
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
float; drift; be adrift; blow
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "float"):
waft (be driven or carried along, as by the air)
tide (be carried with the tide)
stream (to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
float; swim
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "float"):
buoy (float on the surface of water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
These cars won't float
Antonym:
sink (go under,)
Meaning:
Set afloat
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
He floated the logs down the river / The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "float"):
refloat (set afloat again)
drift (cause to be carried by a current)
tide (cause to float with the tide)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The girls float the wooden sticks
Meaning:
Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move lightly, as if suspended
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The dancer floated across the stage
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "float"):
ride (be sustained or supported or borne)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Put into the water
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
float a ship
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
launch (propel with force)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make the surface of level or smooth
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
float the plaster
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
Domain category:
masonry (the craft of a mason)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Allow (currencies) to fluctuate
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The government floated the ruble for a few months
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
value (fix or determine the value of; assign a value to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
float data
Hypernyms (to "float" is one way to...):
change over; convert (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
