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63 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• float v. (Intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
• float v. (Transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
• float v. (Intransitive) To be capable of floating.
• float v. (Intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
• float v. (Intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
• float v. (Intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
• float v. (Intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
• float v. (Intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
• float v. (Aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing…
• float v. (Intransitive, colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
• float v. (Transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
• float v. (Intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
• float v. (Intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed…
• float v. (Transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
• float v. (Transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
• float v. (Transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public…
• float v. (Transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
• float v. (Transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
• float v. (Transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
• float v. (Poker) To perform a float.
• float v. (Computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
• float n. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
• float n. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
• float n. A float board.
• float n. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
• float n. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
• float n. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
• float n. A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
• float n. (Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
• float n. (Finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
• float n. (Finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units…
• float n. (Banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not…
• float n. (Insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
• float n. (Programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
• float n. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
• float n. A small sum of money put in a cashier’s till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable…
• float n. (Poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of…
• float n. (Knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
• float n. (Automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
• float n. (Transport) A lowboy trailer.
• float n. (Obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
• float n. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
• float n. (UK, dated) A coal cart.
• float n. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
• float n. (Computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
• float n. (Biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
• float n. (Publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination)…

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Faroese
  • float n. Fleet, navy.

— English words, defined in German —

• float V. Treiben.
• float V. Flößen.
• float V. Schwimmen, oben bleiben.
• float V. Schweben.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• float w. Drijven.

— English words, defined in French —

• float n. Flotteur.
• float n. Char, véhicule décoré ou thématique lors de fêtes ou carnavals.
• float v. Flotter.
• float v. (Sens figuré) Lancer, prendre l’initiative.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• float v. Flotar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• float s. Boia.
• float v. Flutuar.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• float s. Galleggiante.

— In Dutch —

• float w. Enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van floaten#gebiedende wijs van floaten.

— In French —

• float n.m. (Verrerie) Couche d’étain en fusion sur laquelle le verre…

292 English words from 48 English definitions

above account act adjust against aimlessly air airborne allow amount and another Any Australia automatically Automotive Aviation bag balancing bank bank␣account Banking beside beverage Biology block board boards body both breakdancing Britain buoyant business but called calls capable car car␣carrier carrier cart car␣transporter cashier cause causes change checks cheques circulate coal colloquial combination committed Commonwealth company composition Computing concrete consideration conveyed countries cream currencies currency current dated decorated deliveries density determined device digital direction display document double down drafts drift during elaborately element elements enable ends especially excessive exchange exchange␣value extend fastened figurative filled finance finishing Fleet float float␣board floating floating␣point floating-point␣number floor flop flow flowing fluid flux foam for Funds gas gently greater hand hands has have held ice ice␣cream idea in␣it Insurance intended intention Intransitive issue Knitting landing length like liquid loan local location loose loose␣ends lowboy lower made made␣of makeup maneuver manner marble markets mass members members␣of␣the␣public milk milk␣float money move move␣in navy not not␣yet number object Obsolete of␣a of␣an offering one on␣the opposed other others otherwise out over page pageant pagination paid paid␣out parade parallel parameter parameters particular perform plaster player pneumatophore point Poker polishing pools precision Premiums Programming propose public publishing put put␣in raft rasp related remain runner sac scheme scoop secured sell shares short short␣term similar siphonophore small smoothing soft something something␣to sort sort␣of spread start stream style styled substance sum support supported surface surfaces suspended swimming swimming␣pools taken taken␣in term than that the through till timber time together tool total to␣the touching toy trades trailer transitive transport transporter trowel truck truck␣and␣trailer trust turn typesetting unfinished units upon use used used␣to using value various vehicle vehicular viable visual wander water weak web web␣page where which which␣one while whose with within without work working written yarn yet

8 English words from 15 foreign definitions

Boia Char fêtes fusion initiative Lancer Sens van

34 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

bleiben carnavals Couche décoré Drijven Enkelvoud étain figuré floaten Flößen Flotar Flotter Flotteur Flutuar Galleggiante gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs laquelle lors lors␣de oben prendre Schweben Schwimmen Sens␣figuré sur tegenwoordige␣tijd thématique tijd Treiben véhicule verre Verrerie wijs

114 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

floats floaty float␣at floated floatel floater floatie floatin' floatage floatant floatels floaters floatest floateth floatier floaties floatily floating floats␣at floatable floatages floatants floated␣at floatiest floatings floatless floatline floatover floatsome float␣tube floatables floatation floatboard float␣board float␣glass floatiness floating␣at floatingly floatlines floatmaker floatovers floatplane floatstick floatstone float␣tubes float␣around floatations floatboards float␣boards floating␣rib +64 words

42 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

defloats refloats upfloats armfloats defloated ice-floats outfloats peg␣floats refloated upfloated ark-floater defloating firefloats free␣floats milk␣floats nonfloated outfloated overfloats pie␣floater refloating unfloating upfloating ark-floaters clean␣floats dirty␣floats nonfloating outfloating overfloated pie␣floaters unfloatable Carley␣floats free-floating nonfloatable overfloating refloatation self-loathing managed␣floats refloatations dead␣man's␣floats root␣beer␣floats float-on␣float-off information␣floats

21 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

afloat defloat refloat upfloat armfloat ice-float outfloat peg␣float borofloat coke␣float firefloat free␣float milk␣float overfloat clean␣float dirty␣float Carley␣float managed␣float dead␣man's␣float root␣beer␣float information␣float

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Flo flo' loa Loa LOA oat

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AOL olf tao Tao TAO

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

aloft flota

18 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

afloat Fallot fall␣to floats floaty flotas foetal fœtal folate fontal forlat fotmal Lafont low-fat of␣late olfact tofall to-fall

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AFOL alot a␣lot alto Alto alto- atlo- ATOL falt flat foal FOTA loaf loft Loft LOFT lota Olaf Tafo talo- Toal tola Tola

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bloat flout gloat ploat sloat Sloat

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

flat

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