float
n 1: the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank
and its payment
2: the number of shares outstanding and available for trading
by the public
3: a drink with ice cream floating in it [syn: {ice-cream soda},
{ice-cream float}]
4: something that remains on the surface of a liquid
v 1: be in motion due to some air current; "The leaves were
blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"
[syn: {drift}, {be adrift}, {blow}]
2: be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink [syn: {swim}]
[ant: {sink}]
3: set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy
floated his toy boat on the pond"
4: allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the
ruble for a few months"