Definition of float

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• float is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• float is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• float is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of float

• an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. air bladder
  2. swim bladder
• be in motion due to some air or water current (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. be adrift
  2. blow
  3. drift
• a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. plasterer's float
• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. swim
• a drink with ice cream floating in it (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. ice-cream float
  2. ice-cream soda
• allow (currencies) to fluctuate (verb)

  Examples

  1. The government floated the ruble for a few months
• an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade (noun)
• circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with (verb)

  Examples

  1. The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
• convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation (verb)

  Examples

  1. float data
• make the surface of level or smooth (verb)

  Examples

  1. float the plaster
• move lightly, as if suspended (verb)

  Examples

  1. The dancer floated across the stage
• put into the water (verb)

  Examples

  1. float a ship
• set afloat (verb)

  Examples

  1. He floated the logs down the river
  2. The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
• something that floats on the surface of water (noun)
• the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public (noun)
• the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment (noun)

See definition of float in Merriam Webster