float

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
2. To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
3. To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
4. To be capable of floating.
5. To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
6. To drift or wander aimlessly.
7. To drift gently through the air.
8. To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
9. To move in a fluid manner.
10. To circulate.
11. To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
12. (colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
13. To propose (an idea) for consideration.
14. To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
15. (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
16. To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
17. (colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
18. To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
19. To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
20. To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
21. To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
22. To perform a float.
23. To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.

drift

swim

fishing float

rise to the surface

set afloat

be adrift

be buoyant

ice-cream float

plasterer’s float

cause to float

move gently

relocatability

time lag

be suspended

bobfloat

fish slice

pancake turner

swimming ring

swim ring

water screen

drift about

hang in air

set adrift

go downstream

move back and forth

wood file

rasping file

float freely

follow the wind

rise highly

slip along

swim with the head above water

made to swim

be floating

cork-float

food turner

skimcoat

sleek over

ball float

wood rasp

be poised in air

milk-float

rest on water

wooden float

rasp-cut file

cut file

floating ball

buoyancy chamber

floating-point number

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fləʊt/

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian flotje (“to float”), West Frisian flotsje (“to float”), Dutch vlotten (“to float”), Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), German flötzen, flößen (“to float”), Swedish flotta (“to float”), Icelandic fljóta, Old English flēotan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ). Compare flow, fleet.