Float
Definition of Float
Pronunciation: flōt | n. | 1. | Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the liquid surface, or mark the place of, something. | | 2. | A float board. See Float board (below). | | 3. | (Tempering) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. | | 4. | The act of flowing; flux; flow. | | 5. | A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. | | 6. | (Plastering) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed. | | 7. | A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. | | 8. | A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe. | | 9. | A coal cart. | | 10. | The sea; a wave. See Flote, n. | | 11. | (Banking) The free use of money for a time between occurrence of a transaction (such as depositing a check or a purchase made using a credit card), and the time when funds are withdrawn to cover the transaction; also, the money made available between transactions in that manner. | | 12. | a vehicle on which an exhibit or display is mounted, driven or pulled as part of a parade. The float often is based on a large flat platform, and may contain a very elaborate structure with a tableau or people. | | v. i. | 1. | To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. | | 2. | To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. | | 2. | To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. | | 3. | (Plastering) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet. | | 4. | To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation. |
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