Synonym: hold up, raft, sustain. Similar words: boat, loan, goat, load, throat, a load of, flour, flow. Meaning: [fləʊt] 
n. 1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment 2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public 3. a drink with ice cream floating in it 4. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade 5. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco 6. something that remains on the surface of a liquid. v. 1. be in motion due to some air or water current 2. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink 3. set afloat 4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with 5. move lightly, as if suspended 6. put into the water 7. make the surface of level or smooth 8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate 9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.
n. 1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment 2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public 3. a drink with ice cream floating in it 4. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade 5. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco 6. something that remains on the surface of a liquid. v. 1. be in motion due to some air or water current 2. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink 3. set afloat 4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with 5. move lightly, as if suspended 6. put into the water 7. make the surface of level or smooth 8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate 9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation. 
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(61) They do this by means of a beautiful display in which they appear to float across their territory showing off their enormous tails.
(62) Turn off the water supply before carrying out repairs, unless it's just a minor adjustment to the float arm.
(63) In Example 105 Schoenberg creates a beautifully delicate harmony, which seems to float along on a distant astral plane.
(64) But there is another way to make it float, which is to fill it with hot air.
(65) Stems are usually under water or float on the surface, where they flower easily and reproduce.
(66) They float right through the glass and make themselves at home.
(67) Trotting the far bank overhanging trees utilising stick float and caster three chub plus a specimen barbel of 7-15-0 obliged.
(68) Newman lit a cigarette, blew smoke rings, watched them float up, collapse against a heavy wooden beam.
(69) The rate was freed to float in line with market demand today.
(70) Despite his militant crew cut, Bellows looks stylishly moody and vulnerable(http://sentencedict.com/float.html), and Sheridan could pass for a vanilla float.
(71) He also promised to let the ruble float, giving up all efforts to control its rate against the dollar.
(72) At the float tube pool, you can actually put on waders, float around and see what tubing is like.
(73) The cone would then float up into the concave funnel and constrict the water passage, thus throttling its flow.
(74) Fiery red blossoms float amongst olive green leaves that are heavily mottled with chocolate and maroon.
(75) Chains of polyps dangle from a float filled with gas.
(76) Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hand can't hit, what the eye can't see. Muhammad Ali 
(77) Icebergs break off from the ice sheets and float southwards.
(78) It sends forth long, trailing stems with leaves up to the water surface, where they float.
(79) The interest rate may be fixed, or it may float with the prime rate.
(80) Twenty great trees furnished the wood, all very dry so that they would float high.
(81) He was fishing on the Red Lion stretch sporting float and pole tackle with maggot for an all-roach catch.
(82) Totally blinded, his spectacles streaming with water as he bobbed up, he tried to float himself into the galley.
(83) Pour the spirits and coffee into the glass, add sugar to taste and float the whipped cream on top.
(84) Less stringent foreign ownership limits would increase the float options available.
(85) Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. W.C. Fields
(86) Watching a buzzard in flight is very similar to watching a glider - it just seems to float effortlessly.
(87) They rarely flow like this for long, but a few minutes is all it takes to float away a town.
(88) Los Angeles took the census as its theme for its float in the Rose Bowl Parade.
(89) In her later works, large, amorphous shapes seem to float on the canvas.
(90) They came back on a parade float of prodigal love and public money, promising entertainment, nostalgia and success.