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float v. [
drift, be adrift, blow] 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"
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float v. [
swim] be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
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float v. set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
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float n. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
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float n. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
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