| float | (noun) an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy | Synonyms: air bladder, swim bladder |
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| (noun) something that floats on the surface of water | - |
| (noun) a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco | Synonyms: plasterer's float |
| (noun) an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade | - |
| (noun) a drink with ice cream floating in it | Synonyms: ice-cream float, ice-cream soda |
| (noun) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public | - |
| (noun) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment | - |
| floatation | (noun) financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares | Synonyms: flotation |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) | Synonyms: flotation |
| floater | (noun) an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location | Synonyms: floating policy |
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| (noun) an object that floats or is capable of floating | - |
| (noun) a swimmer who floats in the water | - |
| (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, vagabond, vagrant |
| (noun) a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election | - |
| (noun) an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed | - |
| (noun) a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) | - |
| (noun) spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens | Synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots |
| floating | (noun) the act of someone who floats on the water | Synonyms: natation |
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| floatplane | (noun) a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water | Synonyms: pontoon plane |
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