Definition of float

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Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

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Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury..
Flete :: Flete (v. i.) To float; to swim.
Radeau :: Radeau (n.) A float; a raft.
Floatage :: Floatage (n.) Same as Flotage.
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release..
Water Dog :: Water dog () A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate..
Stiver :: Stive (n.) The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
Float :: Float (v. i.) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Float :: Float (v. i.) A float board. See Float board (below).
Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Balsa :: Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America..
Floe :: Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice..
Tide :: Tide (v. t.) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
Floating :: Floating (n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..
Stream :: Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind..
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..
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