• 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
• a drink with ice cream Floating in it
• 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"

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