What part of speech is float?

Float can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. float is a verb, present, 1st person singular of float (infinitive).
  • 2. float is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. float is a noun, singular of floats.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does float mean?

Definitions

Verb
float - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
float - be in motion due to some air or water current; "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"
float - put into the water; "float a ship"
float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
float - make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
float - convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
float - allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
float - circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

Noun
float - something that floats on the surface of water
float - a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
float - an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
float - the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
float - the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
float - a drink with ice cream floating in it
float - an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
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Examples of float

#   Sentence  
1. verb Float a ship.
2. verb Float the plaster.
3. verb Float data.
4. verb Use a well rinsed medicine vial, a cork, new fishing bobber or even a piece of non-crumbly styrofoam to float them.
5. verb The substance is light enough to float on the water.
6. verb In my youth we used to float down the river on a raft.
7. verb A stone does not float.
8. verb He was the first man to float in space.
9. verb He can't even float let alone swim.
10. verb Oil will float on water.
11. verb If you float a one yen coin on water and move a magnet slowly towards it then the coin will approach the magnet.
12. verb I love to float on the water.
13. verb An astronaut can float in space.
14. verb Yea, would to God, I were among the roses, That lean to kiss you as you float between While on the lowest branch a bud uncloses A bud uncloses, to touch you, my queen.
15. verb Does that float your boat?
16. noun Hey! Throw that float to me.
17. noun Particles of dust float in the atmosphere.
18. noun The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.
19. noun If plants and stones are in the water then this will happen: the plants float and the rocks sink.
20. noun Dry leaves float on the water's surface.
21. noun Let's swim out to the float.
22. noun The magician made the young lady float into the air.
23. noun The magician made the girl float in thin air.
24. noun He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.
25. noun When a coral egg and sperm join together as an embryo, they develop into a coral larva, called a planula. Planulae float in the ocean, some for days and some for weeks, before dropping to the ocean floor. Then, depending on seafloor conditions, the planulae may attach to the substrate and grow into a new coral colony at the slow rate of about .4 inches a year.
26. noun Would you like a root beer float?
27. noun The leaves of the water lily float on the surface of the water.
Sentence  
verb
Float a ship.
Float the plaster.
Float data.
Use a well rinsed medicine vial, a cork, new fishing bobber or even a piece of non-crumbly styrofoam to float them.
The substance is light enough to float on the water.
In my youth we used to float down the river on a raft.
A stone does not float.
He was the first man to float in space.
He can't even float let alone swim.
Oil will float on water.
If you float a one yen coin on water and move a magnet slowly towards it then the coin will approach the magnet.
I love to float on the water.
An astronaut can float in space.
Yea, would to God, I were among the roses, That lean to kiss you as you float between While on the lowest branch a bud uncloses A bud uncloses, to touch you, my queen.
Does that float your boat?
noun
Hey! Throw that float to me.
Particles of dust float in the atmosphere.
The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.
If plants and stones are in the water then this will happen: the plants float and the rocks sink.
Dry leaves float on the water's surface.
Let's swim out to the float.
The magician made the young lady float into the air.
The magician made the girl float in thin air.
He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.
When a coral egg and sperm join together as an embryo, they develop into a coral larva, called a planula. Planulae float in the ocean, some for days and some for weeks, before dropping to the ocean floor. Then, depending on seafloor conditions, the planulae may attach to the substrate and grow into a new coral colony at the slow rate of about .4 inches a year.
Would you like a root beer float?
The leaves of the water lily float on the surface of the water.
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