Definition of float

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Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..

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Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule
Supernatural :: Supernatation (n.) The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.
Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..
Floatable :: Floatable (a.) That may be floated.
Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Floatation :: Floatation (n.) See Flotation.
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
Mist :: Mist (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught..
Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..
Overfloat :: Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.
Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm..
Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
Raft :: Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float..
Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations..
Balsa :: Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America..
Cymophanous :: Cymophanous (a.) Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant..
Flotage :: Flotage (n.) The state of floating.
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