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Float
Float Float, 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.
Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock.
--Southey.
2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands. --Dryden.
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.
Meaning of Float from wikipedia
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Float may
refer to:
Lowboy (trailer),
called a
float in
Eastern Canada usage Float (parade)
Float (sculpture)...
- A
swimming float,
commonly known as pool
float or floaty, is a
device used for
toddlers or
other very
young children who are
beginning to
learn how to...
- An ice
cream float or ice
cream soda, also
known as an ice
cream spider in
Australia and New Zealand, is a
chilled beverage made by
adding ice
cream to...
-
Float gl**** is a
sheet of gl**** made by
floating molten gl**** on a bed of
molten metal of a low
melting point,
typically tin,
although lead was used for...
-
Floaters or eye
floaters are
sometimes visible deposits (e.g., the
shadows of tiny
structures of
protein or
other cell
debris projected onto the retina)...
-
Float voltage is the
voltage at
which a
battery is
maintained after being fully charged to
maintain that
capacity by
compensating for self-discharge of...
- A ball**** (also
balltap or
float valve) is a
mechanism or
machine for
filling water tanks, such as
those found in
flush toilets,
while avoiding overflow...
- The
float serve is one of the
types of
serves in the game of volleyball. The
serve involves hitting the
volleyball in such a way to
minimize the rotation...
-
float or
slack is the
amount of time that a task in a
project network can be dela****
without causing a
delay to:: 183
subsequent tasks ("free
float")...
- A
concrete float is a tool used to
finish a
concrete surface by
making it smooth. A
float is used
after the
surface has been made
level using a screed...
