floats in English

noun

1

a thing that is buoyant in water, in particular.

2

a platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a parade.

a carnival float

3

a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster or concrete.

I climbed the ladder with my float , trowel and plaster and reached upwards towards the missing section of my ceiling.

4

a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.

root-beer floats

5

(in critical path analysis) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process.

As long as a task does not slip past the amount of float time, it will not affect the overall process or project time.

verb

1

rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.

she relaxed, floating gently in the water

synonyms: stay afloat, stay on the surface, be buoyant, be buoyed up

2

move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.

clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky

synonyms: hover, levitate, be suspended, hang, defy gravity, drift, glide, sail, slip, slide, waft

3

put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.

A similar idea was floated in March this year by Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead following an energy summit held in the city last year.

synonyms: suggest, put forward, come up with, submit, moot, propose, advance, test the popularity of, run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes)

4

(of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets.

a policy of letting the pound float

noun

air bladder, swim bladder
ice-cream soda

verb

stay afloat, hover, drift, suggest, swim
stay afloat, stay on the surface, be buoyant, be buoyed up
hover, levitate, be suspended, hang, defy gravity
drift, glide, sail, slip, slide, waft
suggest, put forward, come up with, submit, moot, propose, advance, test the popularity of, run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes)
drift, be adrift, blow
swim

Use "floats" in a sentence

1. Yeah, the afterbirth floats.

2. Floats in the air!

3. It practically floats on air.

4. My mind floats like driftwood,

5. He floats in the air.

6. Panfish Fishing Floats & Bobbers

7. Ambergris floats and washes ashore most frequently

8. It' s so buoyant, it actually floats

9. 8 A bough floats in the river.

10. At a Glance: Floats, Bobbers & Indicators

11. Stifling air, smog floats over my head

12. Specializing in Buoys and floats, our product line ranges from Coast Guard approved regulatory Buoys and barrier floats to marine

13. Come aboard, gentlemen, before the tide floats her.

14. Wood does not sink in water, it floats.

15. Beer Floats Will Make Your Summer Boozier, Better

16. Dink : A ball hIt'so it floats very softly.

17. Our sectional Barges include Flexi-floats, Shugarts and Rendrags

18. The Directive specifies significant capital requirements for larger floats.

19. They've got nothing but flowers, floats and cotton candy.

20. How to make fishing Bobbers (floats) from wine corks

21. We stood and watched the Carnival floats drive past.

22. Meanwhile, a silhouetted figure floats in the distance, arms akimbo.

23. If you throw in a log it just floats around.

24. Floats, rasp boards, emery boards and angle boards for masons

25. Most Benthos feed on food as it floats by or …

26. They also are known as Trini Bakes, bake Bakes, and floats

27. Entire house floats away as flash floods Batter Australia's east coast

28. Created from pure tennis ball martial the Air Kong even floats.

29. VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING Notes

30. Buoyancy (1) The degree to which a body floats in a liquid

31. Sinks in water (while polypropylene floats), facilitating its anaerobic biodegradation in sediments.

32. But the paraffin floats out, the greater surface area hastening the burning.

33. Write and read strings integers and floats ; printf - style log file output.

34. Bakes or Floats is a slightly sweet dough that is deep fried

35. Floats, Bobbers, corks, strike indicators – it doesn’t matter what you call them

36. This bottle, like a ship, floats because it is filled with air.

37. A developing baby floats in sterile amniotic fluid , protected from bumps — and bugs.

38. The floral extravaganza featured 55 floats, 30 equestrian units and 24 marching bands.

39. Amniotic fluid is the liquid that the baby floats in while in the womb.

40. And then he just floats, without announcing his text, into the 137^( th ) Psalm.

41. Equipped with floats, these dependable aircraft proved to be the lifeblood of the community.

42. Canoeing trips range from relaxing summertime floats to wintertime explorations and even whitewater adventures

43. "Feral Children" floats along magically though Orton's quavery holler can grate after a while.

44. Nasty gases and smoke disperse into the ether; sewage eventually floats out to sea.

45. Rolyan Buoys has been designing and manufacturing Buoys and floats in Wisconsin since 1969

46. Magnesium sulfide is formed, which then floats on the molten iron and is removed.

47. Among the floats was a 15-foot Dionysus pouring a libation from a golden goblet.

48. He simply floats into confounding feats of acrobatics and then comes to still, collected repose.

49. Regular 2.99 Large 3.99 Regular 2.99 Large 3.99 Burgh’s Floats: Root Beer – Coke – Orange 4.29

50. For those of us fishing with floats, Bobbers, or corks this is a welcome 'site'.