A Quick and Simple Dictionary

float

1. Noun.  A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
2. Noun.  A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
3. Noun.  A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces.
4. Noun.  An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
5. Noun.  (British) A small battery-powered vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
6. Noun.  (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
7. Noun.  (context, finance) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
8. Noun.  (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
9. Noun.  (context, insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
10. Noun.  (programming) Short form of floating-point number.
11. Noun.  A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it.
12. Noun.  A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
13. Noun.  (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after the next community card.
14. Verb.  (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.
15. Verb.  (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density; as, to float a boat.
16. Verb.  (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
17. Verb.  (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
18. Verb.  (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
19. Verb.  (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
20. Verb.  (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
21. Verb.  (intransitive) (colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
22. Verb.  (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
23. Verb.  (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
24. Verb.  (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.
25. Verb.  (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
26. Verb.  (transitive) (colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
27. Verb.  (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
28. Verb.  (transitive) To use a float (tool).
29. Verb.  (poker) To perform a float.