The noun float has 6 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. float -- (the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment)
2. float -- (the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public)
3. ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float -- (a drink with ice cream floating in it)
4. float -- (an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade)
5. float, plasterer's float -- (a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco)
6. float -- (something that remains on the surface of a liquid)
Overview of verb float
The verb float has 9 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (14) float, drift, be adrift, blow -- (be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore")
2. (4) float, swim -- (be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink)
3. (3) float -- (set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond")
4. float -- (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform")
5. float -- (move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage")
6. float -- (put into the water; "float a ship")
7. float -- (make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster")
8. float -- (allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months")
9. float -- (convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data")