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A buoyant object, such as a cork, used to hold a net or fishing line afloat.
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A decorated exhibit or scene mounted on a mobile platform and pulled or driven in a parade.
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A floating ball attached to a lever to regulate the water level in a tank.
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A landing platform attached to a wharf and floating on the water.
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verb-transitive
Computer Science To convert (data) from fixed-point notation to floating-point notation.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Economics To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to find freely its real level in relationship to other currencies.
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To arrange for (a loan).
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To cause to remain suspended without sinking or falling.
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To flood (land), as for irrigation.
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verb-intransitive
Economics To find a level in relationship to other currencies solely in response to the law of supply and demand: allowed the dollar to float.
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To be suspended in or move through space as if supported by a liquid.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To move easily or lightly: "Miss Golightly . . . floated round in their arms light as a scarf” ( Truman Capote).
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To move from place to place, especially at random.
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To remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid without sinking.
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verb
To rest on the surface of or be suspended in a fluid.
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To drift on or through or as if on or through a fluid.
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To find a level in the international exchange market in response to the law of supply and demand and without any restrictive effect of artificial support or control.
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To cause to float in or on the surface of a fluid.
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To cause to float as if in a fluid.
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