eng: float - UWN/MENTA

eng: float

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Meaning
means	(noun) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment float
means	(noun) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public float
means	(noun) a drink with ice cream floating in it ice-cream soda, float, ice-cream float
means	(noun) an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade float
means	(noun) a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco plasterer's float, float
means	(noun) something that floats on the surface of water float
means	(noun) an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy float, air bladder, swim bladder
means	(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" blow, float, be adrift, drift
means	(verb) be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom swim, float
means	(verb) set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" float
means	(verb) circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform" float
means	(verb) move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" float
means	(verb) put into the water; "float a ship" float
means	(verb) make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster" float
means	(verb) allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months" float
means	(verb) convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data" float
means	e/Float (breakdance move)
means	e/Float (parade)

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