float
noun/fləʊt/
/fləʊt/
- a large vehicle on which people dressed in special costumes are carried in a festival
- a carnival float
- a small light object attached to a fishing line that stays on the surface of the water and moves when a fish has been caught
- float fishing
- a light object that floats in the water and is held by a person who is learning to swim
- (North American English) a drink with ice cream floating in it
- a Coke float
- (especially British English) a sum of money consisting of coins and notes of low value that is given to somebody before they start selling things so that they can give customers change
- (also flotation)[countable, uncountable] the process of selling shares in a company to the public for the first time in order to raise money
vehicle
in fishing
for swimming
drink
money
business
Word OriginOld English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
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