What is another word for float?

Common synonyms for float include ice-cream soda, ice-cream float.

What is the past tense of float?

The past tense of float is floated.

float

Q: What rhymes with float?

Words that rhyme with float include vote, note, wrote, boat, promote, quote.

/floʊt/noun, verb1 syllable

Float means: be in motion due to some air or water current.

Synonyms for float12

noun, as in a drink with ice cream floating in it

ice-cream soda, ice-cream float

noun, as in an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

air bladder, swim bladder

noun, as in a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

plasterer's float

verb, as in be in motion due to some air or water current

drift, be adrift, blow

verb, as in move lightly, as if suspended

drift, be adrift, blow, swim

verb, as in be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

swim

verb, as in set afloat

swim

also used for float

ride, stream, initial public offering

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Opposites of float

sink

What does float mean?16

verb

be in motion due to some air or water current“The leaves were blowing in the wind”

move lightly, as if suspended“The dancer floated across the stage”

be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

set afloat“He floated the logs down the river”

circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with“The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform”

put into the water“float a ship”

make the surface of level or smooth“float the plaster”

allow (currencies) to fluctuate“The government floated the ruble for a few months”

convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation“float data”

noun

a drink with ice cream floating in it

an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

something that floats on the surface of water

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with float?17

one syllable

vote note wrote boat quote coat throat goattotehautemoatcote

two syllables

promote remote devote afloat denote

Show 40 near rhymes

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Float in a sentence

He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.Eccles17
Bill, if you'll come with me, you'll float, too.rayshih715
If sitcoms float your boat, then you should watch this one.CK
Ideas do not belong to anyone, they float in the air.BoriQa
An apple will float in water, a pear won't.patgfisher
In water, wood will float and stone will sink.Obado
He can float, but he isn't much of a swimmer.carlosalberto
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.Adelpa

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of float

as a noun

plural: floats

as a verb

past tense: floated
present participle: floating
third-person singular: floats
past participle: floated