Definition of float

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Float (v. i.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n..

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Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Draff :: Draff (n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
Water Flannel :: Water flannel () A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
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..
Natant :: Natant (a.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants..
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A coal cart.
Fluctuant :: Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves.
Danaide :: Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Drive :: Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Supernatant :: Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm..
Sandiver :: Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall..
Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc..
Frogbit :: Frogbit (n.) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers..
Ligger :: Ligger (n.) A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a..
Floatage :: Floatage (n.) Same as Flotage.
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