(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. / A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. / A float board.

That floats or float. / Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. / (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

present participle of float

The motion of something that floats. / (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid. / The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.

simple past tense and past participle of float

plural of float

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of float

plural of floating

(transitive) To present or make available to; offer, especially prospectively. / (intransitive) To arrive without warning, but not suddenly.