DICTOMETER

FLOATED

(float, balsa, flotador, flotar en el aire, nadar, veleta, dupp, ferje, flottør, flyte, flåte, fløte, sveve)

1. Synonyms:
   • Float
   • Drift
   • Be adrift
   • Blow
   Definitions:
   • be in motion due to some air or water current
   Examples:
   • The leaves were blowing in the wind
   • The boat drifted on the lake
   • The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
   • The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
   Antonyms:
   sink, settle, go down, go under
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Float
   • Swim
   Definitions:
   • be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • set afloat
   Examples:
   • He floated the logs down the river
   • The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • circulate or discuss tentatively
   • test the waters with
   Examples:
   • The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • move lightly, as if suspended
   Examples:
   • The dancer floated across the stage
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • put into the water
   Examples:
   • Float a ship
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • make the surface of level or smooth
   Examples:
   • Float the plaster
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • allow (currencies) to fluctuate
   Examples:
   • The government floated the ruble for a few months
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Float
   Definitions:
   • convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
   Examples:
   • Float data