floats

Noun

• the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
• the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
• a drink with ice cream floating in it
• an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
• a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
• something that floats on the surface of water
• an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
• plural of float

Verb

• be in motion due to some air or water current
• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
• set afloat
• circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
• move lightly, as if suspended
• put into the water
• make the surface of level or smooth
• allow (currencies) to fluctuate
• convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
• third-person singular simple present indicative of float

Synonyms

air bladder, be adrift, blow, drift, float, ice-cream float, ice-cream soda, plasterer's float, swim, swim bladder

Antonyms

sink