transcription, транскрипция: [ floʊt ]
( floats, floating, floated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid.
They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.
...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...
They’ll spend some time floating boats in the creek.
VERB : V in n , V prep / adv , V n , also V n prep / adv
2.
Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink.
Empty things float.
≠ sink
VERB : V
3.
A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float.
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4.
A float is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught.
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5.
Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it.
The white cloud of smoke floated away.
VERB : V prep / adv
6.
If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about.
The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.
VERB : V n
7.
If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. ( BUSINESS )
He floated his firm on the stock market...
The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.
VERB : V n on n , V n
8.
If a government floats its country’s currency or allows it to float , it allows the currency’s value to change freely in relation to other currencies. ( BUSINESS )
A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges...
59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.
VERB : V n , V
9.
A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a festival procession.
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see also milk float
10.
A float is a small amount of coins and notes of low value that someone has before they start selling things so that they are able to give customers change if necessary. ( BRIT )
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