float

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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.

Noun

1. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
2. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
3. A float board.
4. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
5. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
6. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
7. A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
8. A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
9. Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
10. An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
11. The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
12. Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
13. A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
14. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
15. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
16. A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
17. One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
18. A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
19. A lowboy trailer.
20. (obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
21. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
22. A coal cart.
23. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
24. A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
25. The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
26. Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.

Concepts

flotter

flotteur

glisser

nager

🏊

surnager

radeau

flottant

faire flotter

dériver

planer

errer

vaciller

vagabonder

lancer

remettre à flot

flotteur fait de phoque

moyens de paiement en cours d’encaissement

fonds en route

chèques en cours d’encaissement

flottant bancaire

valeurs en recouvrement

chèques en route

effets en cours de recouvrement

liberté laterale

nombre flottant

aller

float

avoir l’air

bouchon

char

flotte

hisser

inonder

montrer

naviguer

se déplacer

souffler

train de bois

envoler

faire surface

Synonymes

drift

swim

🏊

raft

buoy

waft

glide

sail

hover

bob

bobber

soar

fishing float

fly

✈️

wander

floating

pontoon

launch

issue

rise to the surface

set afloat

slide

be adrift

vacillate

floatation

air bladder

be buoyant

hang

floater

ice-cream float

ice-cream soda

plasterer’s float

levitate

ride

navigate

scud

blow

cause to float

flow

cork

move gently

surface

swim bladder

hold up

in

inundate

irrigate

knock down

lag

latency

leafing

levitation

life belt

life buoy

life preserver

light

look

loop

➿

meander

mobilise

mobilize

moor

mount

on

🔛

open

overflow

overturn

park

🏞️

plummet

put up

quill

rafting

rasp

relocatability

relocate

relocation

retardation

roam

rubble

scoot

scow

set off

set up

sink

slice

slick

slip

spatula

splint

spread

steam

strickle

strike

sway

time lag

trowel

turner

undock

unfounded

unsubstantial

vessel

wade

waterlogged

wave

👋

air chamber

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

adrift

floating ball

afloat

alight

applicator

applier

balance

barge

bear up

billow

boat

⛵

boating

bounce

breeze

buoyancy chamber

buoy up

cake

🍰

canoe

🛶

catamaran

chariot

coil

coracle

descend

dock

douse

drench

dress

👗

emerge

empty

establish

exceed

express

flag

flit

floatage

floating-point number

flood

flotation

flutter

go down

groundless

hang out

hoist

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fləʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.