n. 25B6; verb
oil floats on water : STAY AFLOAT, stay on the surface, be buoyant, be buoyed up.
the balloon floated in the air : HOVER, levitate, be suspended, hang, defy gravity.
a cloud floated across the moon : DRIFT, glide, sail, slip, slide, waft.
they have just floated that idea : SUGGEST, put forward, come up with, submit, moot, propose, advance, test the popularity of; informal run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes).
the company was floated on the Stock Exchange : LAUNCH, get going, get off the ground, offer, sell, introduce.
sink, rush, withdraw.