Phonetic Breakdown of "floats"
Learn how to break down "floats" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
F L OW1 T S
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Definition of "floats"
Noun
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A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.Example: "Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook."
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A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
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A float board.
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A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
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A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.Example: "When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float."
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An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.Example: "That float covered in roses is very pretty."
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A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
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Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.Example: "Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the float so we stay within our reserves limit."
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(and other Commonwealth countries?) 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.
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The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.Example: "No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished."
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Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.Example: "We make a lot of interest from our nightly float."
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A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.Example: "That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float."
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A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.Example: "It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" float."
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A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
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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.
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One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
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A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination
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A lowboy trailer
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(tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as an anvil or die.
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The act of flowing; flux; flow.
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A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
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A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
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A coal cart.
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A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
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A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
Verb
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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.Example: "The boat floated on the water."
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To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.Example: "to float a boat"
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To be capable of floating.Example: "Oil floats on vinegar."
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To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floatingExample: "I’d love to just float downstream."
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To drift or wander aimlessly.Example: "Images from my childhood floated through my mind."
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To drift gently through the air.Example: "The balloon floated off into the distance."
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To move in a fluid manner.Example: "The dancer floated gracefully around the stage."
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To circulate.Example: "There's a rumour floating around the office that Jan is pregnant."
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(of an idea or scheme) To be viable.Example: "That’s a daft idea... it’ll never float."
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To propose (an idea) for consideration.Example: "I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested."
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To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
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(of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.Example: "The yen floats against the dollar."
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To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.Example: "Increased pressure on Thailand’s currency, the baht, in 1997 led to a crisis that forced the government to float the currency."
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To extend a short-term loan to.Example: "Could you float me $50 until payday?"
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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.Example: "2007, Jonathan Reuvid, Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public."
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To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
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To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.Example: "It is time to float this horse's teeth."
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To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
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To perform a float.
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To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.