Float
/fləʊt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Float
noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
"Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook."
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A float board.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
"When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float."
verb
- Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.
"The boat floated on the water."
- To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
"to float a boat"
- To be capable of floating.
"Oil floats on vinegar."
- To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
"I’d love to just float downstream."
- To drift or wander aimlessly.
"Images from my childhood floated through my mind."
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