English to English
noun
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
source: WordNet 3.0
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
source: WordNet 3.0
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
source: WordNet 3.0
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
source: WordNet 3.0
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
source: WordNet 3.0
- something that floats on the surface of water
source: WordNet 3.0
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
source: WordNet 3.0
- Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- be in motion due to some air or water current
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
source: WordNet 3.0
- set afloat
He floated the logs down the river.
The boy floated his toy boat on the pond.
source: WordNet 3.0
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move lightly, as if suspended
The dancer floated across the stage.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put into the water
Float a ship.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make the surface of level or smooth
Float the plaster.
source: WordNet 3.0
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
The government floated the ruble for a few months.
source: WordNet 3.0
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Float data.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
source: Webster 1913
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [flot] Anomang lutáng
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [flot] Lumutang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
