FLOAT — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
float
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.
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- Float data.
Allow (currencies) to fluctuate.
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- The government floated the ruble for a few months.
Make the surface of level or smooth.
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- Float the plaster.
Put into the water.
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- Float a ship.
Move lightly, as if suspended.
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- The dancer floated across the stage.
Set afloat.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform.
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