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1. float
verb. ['ˈfloʊt'] be in motion due to some air or water current.
Synonyms
- travel
- tide
- stream
- waft
- be adrift
- go
- locomote
- drift
- blow
Antonyms
- low tide
- flood tide
- ebbtide
- ebb
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Float
- 'single-quote
- 'end-inner-quote
- "end-of-quote
- "double-quote
- banxquote
- "close-quote
- underwrote
- terre-haute
- misquote
- 'inner-quote
- 'end-quote
- "end-quote
- unquote
- "unquote
- promote
- overwrote
- vannote
- uncoat
- sproat
- rewrote
- remote
- outvote
- hinote
- ducote
- devote
- denote
- demote
- connote
- chipote
- capote
Sentences with float
1. Noun, singular or mass
The float ball could also be damaged and allow water into it.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Objects float when the volume of water they displace is less than the volume of the objects themselves.
3. Verb, past participle
However, you can make even heavy objects float by taking advantage of surface area and weight dispersal.
4. Verb, base form
The seeds that do not float are the viable ones to keep.
5. Adjective
The float chamber holds a quantity of ready-to-burn fuel, which is continuously disbursed and replenished.
Quotes about float
1. Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.
- Prem Rawat
2. To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
- Alan W. Watts
3. Still, what I want in my lifeis to be willingto be dazzled—to cast aside the weight of factsand maybe evento float a littleabove this difficult world.
- Mary Oliver
2. float
verb. ['ˈfloʊt'] be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.
Synonyms
- move
- go
- locomote
- travel
- buoy
Antonyms
- stay in place
- motionlessness
- be born
- survive
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. float
verb. ['ˈfloʊt'] set afloat.
Synonyms
- refloat
- transport
- tide
- drift
Antonyms
- levitation
- gravitation
- walk
- high tide
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. float
verb. ['ˈfloʊt'] convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.
Synonyms
- change over
Antonyms
- back
- behave
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. float
noun. ['ˈfloʊt'] the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public.
Antonyms
- pull
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. float
noun. ['ˈfloʊt'] an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy.
Synonyms
- swim bladder
- air bladder
Antonyms
- custom-made
- stand still
- descend
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. float
noun. ['ˈfloʊt'] something that floats on the surface of water.
Synonyms
- cork
- artefact
- raft
- preserver
- bobfloat
- pontoon
- chip
- bobber
- bob
- flotation device
- artifact
Antonyms
- linger
- recede
- ride
- follow
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. float
verb. ['ˈfloʊt'] circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with.
Synonyms
- try
- examine
- try out
- essay
- test
Antonyms
- come
- malfunction
- begin
- go off
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. float
noun. ['ˈfloʊt'] a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco.
Synonyms
- hand tool
Antonyms
- ascend
- go
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. float
noun. ['ˈfloʊt'] a drink with ice cream floating in it.
Synonyms
- root beer float
- ice-cream float
- drink
Antonyms
- converge
- enter
- hop out
- push
Etymology
- floten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flotian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))