English-Thai Dictionary
float
N ขบวนรถ แห่ ใน งานรื่นเริง ka-buan-rod-hae-nai-ngan-ruen-roeng
float
N ชูชีพ life preserver chu-chib
float
N สิ่ง ที่ ลอย ได้ เช่น แพ sing-ti-loi-dai-chen-pare
float
N เครื่องดื่ม ที่ มี ไอศกรีม ลอย อยู่ ข้างใน ไอศกรีม โซดา kreang-duem-ti-me-ai-sa-krim-loi-yu-kang-nai
float
N เศษสตางค์ ที่ เตรียม ไว้ สำหรับ เป็น เงินทอน ใน การ ขายของ sed-sa-tang-ti-triam-wai-sam-rab-pen-ngen-ton-nai-kan-kai-kong
float
VI ลอย บน ผิวน้ำ หรือ ใน อากาศ ล่องลอย ลอย ตามน้ำ drift sail glide sink loi-bon-pil-nam-rue-nai-ar-kad
float
VI เดิน นวยนาด กรีดกราย เยื้องกราย doen-nuai-nad
float
VT ขาย หุ้น ใน บริษัท ให้ กับ สาธาณ ชน เป็นครั้งแรก kai-hun-nai-bo-ri-sad-hai-kab-sa-ta-ra-na-chon-pen-krang-raek
float
VT ทำให้ ลอย ได้ ทำให้ ลอย มา ตามน้ำ sink tam-hai-loi-dai
float
VT ปล่อย ค่าเงิน หรือ ดอกเบี้ย ลอยตัว ploi-ka-ngen-rue-dok-bia-loi-tua
float
VT เริ่ม โครงการ ลงมือ ดำเนินการ ก่อตั้ง บริษัท launch set up close ream-kong-kan
float about
PHRV ลอย ไป ลอย มา float around float round loi-pai-loi-ma
float an air biscuit
SL ตด tud
float around
PHRV ลอย ไป ลอย มา float about float round loi-pai-loi-ma
float into
PHRV ลอย float through loi
float on
PHRV ลอย อยู่ ใน น้ำ ลอยน้ำ float upon loi-yu-nai-nam
float round
PHRV ลอย ไป ลอย มา float about float around loi-pai-loi-ma
float through
PHRV ลอย float into loi
float upon
PHRV ลอย อยู่ ใน น้ำ ลอยน้ำ float on loi-yu-nai-nam
floatage
N การ ลอย ส่วน ของ เรือ ที่อยู่ เหนือ น้ำ
floatation
N การ ลอย การ แยก สาร ให้ บริสุทธิ์ การ ก่อตั้ง กิจการ flotation
floater
N สิ่ง ที่ ลอย ผู้ ที่ ลงทุน ก่อตั้ง กิจการ
floating
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ อยู่กับที่ ซึ่ง เคลื่อนไหว ได้ ที่ แกว่ง ไปมา movable fluctuating free sueng-mai-yu-kab-ti
floating
ADJ ที่ ลอย อยู่ บน น้ำ buoyant afloat ti-loi-yu-bon-nam
floatingly
ADV อย่าง ล่องลอย
floatplane
N เครื่องบิน ลอยน้ำ float plane
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLOAT
n. 1. That which swims or is borne on water; as a float of weeds and rushes. But particularly, a body or collection of timber, boards or planks fastened together and conveyed down a stream; a raft. [The latter word is more generally used in the United States. ]
2. The cork or quill used on an angling line, to support it and discover the bite of a fish.
3. The act of flowing; flux; flood; the primary sense, but obsolete.
4. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one deep.
5. A wave. [L. fuctus.]
FLOAT
v.i.[L. fluo, to flow. ] 1. To be borne or sustained on the surface of a fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up; not to sink; not to be aground. We say, the water is so shallow, the ship will not float.
2. To move or be conveyed on water; to swim. The raft floats down the river.
Three blustering nights, borne by the southern blast, I floated.
3. To be buoyed up and moved or conveyed in a fluid, as in air.
They stretch their plumes and float upon the wind.
4. To move with a light irregular course.
FLOAT
v.t. 1. To cause to pass by swimming; to cause to be conveyed on water. The tide floated the ship into the harbor.
2. To flood; to inundate; to overflow; to cover with water.
Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands.
FLOATAGE
n.Any thing that floats on the water.
FLOAT-BOARD
n.A board of the water-wheel of undershot mills, which receives the impulse of the stream, by which the wheel is driven.
FLOATED
pp. 1. Flooded; overflowed.
2. Borne on water.
FLOATER
n.One that floats or swims.
FLOATING
ppr. 1. Swimming; conveying on water; overflowing.
2. Lying flat on the surface of the water; as a floating leaf.
FLOATING-BRIDGE
n. 1. In the United States, a bridge, consisting of logs or timber with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water.
2. In war, a kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys, used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.
FLOATSTONE
n.Swimming flint, spungiform quartz, a mineral of a spungy texture, of a whitish gray color, often with a tinge of yellow. It frequently contains a nucleus of common flint.
FLOATY
a.Buoyant; swimming on the surface; light.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLOAT
FLOAT Float, n.Etym: [OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fleótan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. sq. root 84. See Fleet, v. i., and cf. Flotilla, Flotsam, Plover. ]
1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: (a ) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. (b ) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. (c ) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. (d ) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. This reform bill. .. had been used as a float by the conservative ministry. J. P. Peters.
2. A float board. See Float board (below ).
3. (Tempering )
Defn: A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight.
4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. [Obs. ] Bacon.
5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. [Obs. ] Mortimer.
6. (Plastering )
Defn: The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
7. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. Knight.
8. A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
9. A coal cart. [Eng. ] Simmonds.
1 . The sea; a wave. See Flote, n. Float board, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; -- a vane. -- Float case (Naut. ), a caisson used for lifting a ship. -- Float copper or gold (Mining ), fine particles of metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus liable to be lost. -- Float ore, water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop. Raymond. -- Float stone (Arch. ), a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface. -- Float valve, a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See Float, 1 (b ).
FLOAT
Float, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floated; p. pr. & vb. n. Floating. ] Etym: [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float, swim, fr. fleótan. See Float, n.]
1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground. Milton. Three blustering nights, borne by the southern blast, I floated. Dryden.
2. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air. They stretch their broad plumes and float upon the wind. Pope. There seems a floating whisper on the hills. Byron.
FLOAT
FLOAT Float, v. t.
1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock. Southey.
2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands. Dryden.
3. (Plastering )
Defn: To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
4. To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable
FLOATABLE
FLOATABLE Float "a *ble, a.
Defn: That may be floated.
FLOATAGE
FLOATAGE Float "age (; 48 ), n.
Defn: Same as Flotage.
FLOATATION
FLOATATION Float *a "tion, n.
Defn: See Flotation.
FLOATER
FLOATER Float "er, n.
1. One who floats or swims.
2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
FLOATING
FLOATING Float "ing, a.
1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt. Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been withdrawn in great masses from the island. Macaulay. Floating anchor (Naut. ), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail. -- Floating battery (Mil. ), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. -- Floating bridge. (a ) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b ) (Mil. ) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys;-- used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c ) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d ) The landing platform of a ferry dock. -- Floating cartilage (Med. ), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. -- Floating dam. (a ) An anchored dam. (b ) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. -- Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. -- Floating dock. (Naut. ) See under Dock. -- Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. Knight. -- Floating heart (Bot. ), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum ) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds. -- Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs. -- Floating kidney. (Med. ) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering. -- Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc. , to warn mariners of danger; a light- ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage. -- Floating liver. (Med. ) See Wandering liver, under Wandering. -- Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide. -- Floating ribs (Anat. ), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs. -- Floating screed (Plastering ), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat. -- Floating threads (Weaving ), threads which span several other threads without being interwoven with them, in a woven fabric.
FLOATING
FLOATING Float "ing, n.
1. (Weaving )
Defn: Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. Knight.
FLOATING CHARGE; FLOATING LIEN
FLOATING CHARGE; FLOATING LIEN Floating charge, lien, etc. (Law )
Defn: A charge, lien, etc. , that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.
FLOATINGLY
FLOATINGLY Float "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In a floating manner.
FLOATY
FLOATY Float "y, a.
Defn: Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light. Sir W. Raleigh.
New American Oxford Dictionary
float
float |flōt floʊt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking: she relaxed, floating gently in the water. • [ with obj. ] cause (a buoyant object ) to rest or move in such a way: trees were felled and floated downstream. • be suspended freely in a liquid or gas: fragments of chipped cartilage floated in the joint. 2 [ with adverbial of direction ] move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift: clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky | figurative : through the open window floated the sound of traffic. • (float about /around ) (of a rumor, idea, etc. ) circulate: the notion was floating around Capitol Hill. • (of a sight or idea ) come before the eyes or mind: the advice his father had given him floated into his mind. • [ with obj. ] (in sports ) make (the ball ) travel lightly and effortlessly through the air: he floated the kick into the net. 3 [ with obj. ] put forward (an idea ) as a suggestion or test of reactions. • offer the shares of (a company ) for sale on the stock market for the first time. 4 (of a currency ) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets: a policy of letting the pound float. • [ with obj. ] allow (a currency ) to fluctuate in such a way. ▶noun 1 a thing that is buoyant in water, in particular: • a small object attached to a fishing line to indicate by moving when a fish bites. • a cork or buoy supporting the edge of a fishing net. • a hollow or inflated organ enabling an organism (such as the Portuguese man-of-war ) to float in the water. • a hollow structure fixed underneath an aircraft enabling it to take off and land on water. • a device floating on the surface of a liquid that forms part of a valve apparatus controlling flow in and out of the enclosing container, e.g., in a toilet tank or a carburetor. 2 a platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a parade: a carnival float. 3 a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster or concrete. 4 a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it: root-beer floats. 5 (in critical path analysis ) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process. PHRASES float someone's boat informal appeal to or excite someone, esp. sexually: Kevin doesn't exactly float her boat. ORIGIN Old English flotian (verb ), of Germanic origin and related to fleet 4, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
floatable
float a ble |ˈflōtəbəl ˈfloʊdəbəl | ▶adjective capable of floating. • (of water ) able to support floating objects; deep enough to float in.
float arm
float arm ▶noun the hinged arm attached to the ball float in the ballcock of a toilet tank.
floatation
float a tion |flōˈtāSHən | ▶noun variant spelling of flotation.
float chamber
float cham |ber ▶noun the cavity in a carburettor containing a device which floats on the surface of the fuel and seals off the flow as the level rises.
floatel
float el |flōˈtel floʊˈtɛl |(also flotel ) ▶noun a floating hotel, esp. a boat used as a hotel. • a vessel providing housing for workers on an offshore oil rig. ORIGIN 1950s: blend of float and hotel .
floater
float er |ˈflōtər ˈfloʊdər | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that floats, in particular: • a worker who is required to do a variety of tasks as the need for each arises. • informal a person who frequently changes occupation or residence. • a loose particle within the eyeball that is apparent in one's field of vision. 2 an insurance policy covering loss of articles without specifying a location.
float glass
float glass ▶noun glass made by allowing it to solidify on molten metal.
floating
float ing |ˈflōtiNG ˈfloʊdɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 buoyant or suspended in water or air: a massive floating platform. 2 not settled in a definite place; fluctuating or variable: the floating population that is migrating to the cities.
floating charge
float |ing charge ▶noun a liability to a creditor which relates to the company's assets as a whole and may become fixed in particular circumstances (such as liquidation ). Compare with fixed charge.
floating cloche
float |ing cloche ▶noun a lightweight material (such as polypropylene film ) placed over growing plants to protect them, unsupported except by the plants themselves.
floating debt
float ing debt ▶noun a debt that is repayable in the short term. Compare with funded debt.
floating dock
float ing dock ▶noun a submersible floating structure used as a dry dock.
floating kidney
float ing kid ney ▶noun a condition in which the kidneys are abnormally movable. • such a kidney.
floating-point
float ing-point ▶adjective Computing denoting a mode of representing numbers as two sequences of bits, one representing the digits in the number and the other an exponent that determines the position of the radix point: speeds of more than one million floating-point operations per second. Often contrasted with fixed point (adjective ).
floating rib
float ing rib |ˈfloʊdɪŋ rɪb | ▶noun any of the lower ribs that are not attached directly to the breastbone. Also called false rib.
floating voter
float |ing voter ▶noun Brit. a person who has not decided which way to vote in an election, or one who does not consistently vote for the same political party.
floatplane
float plane |ˈflōtˌplān ˈfloʊtpleɪn | ▶noun an aircraft equipped with floats for landing on water; a seaplane.
float valve
float valve ▶noun another term for ball valve.
floaty
float y |ˈflōtē ˈfloʊdi | ▶adjective • (esp. of a woman's garment or a fabric ) light and flimsy: elegant floaty dresses.
Oxford Dictionary
float
float |fləʊt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking: she relaxed, floating gently in the water. • [ with obj. and adverbial ] cause (a buoyant object ) to rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid: trees were felled and floated downstream. • be suspended freely in a liquid or gas: fragments of chipped cartilage floated in the joint. 2 [ with adverbial of direction ] move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift: clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky. • (float about /around ) (of a rumour, idea, etc. ) circulate: the notion was floating around Capitol Hill. • move in a casual or leisurely way: Araminta floated down the stairs. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] (in sport ) make (the ball ) travel lightly and effortlessly through the air: he floated the kick into the net. 3 [ with obj. ] put forward (an idea ) as a suggestion or test of reactions. • offer the shares of (a company ) for sale on the stock market for the first time. 4 (of a currency ) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets: a policy of letting the pound float. • [ with obj. ] allow (a currency ) to float. ▶noun 1 a thing that is buoyant in water, in particular: • a small object attached to a fishing line to indicate by moving when a fish bites. • a cork or buoy supporting the edge of a fishing net. • a light object held for support by a person learning to swim. • a hollow or inflated organ enabling an organism (such as the Portuguese man-of-war ) to float in the water. • a hollow structure fixed underneath an aircraft enabling it to take off and land on water. • a floating device on the surface of a liquid which forms part of a valve apparatus controlling flow in and out of the enclosing container, e.g. in a water cistern or a carburettor. 2 Brit. a small vehicle or cart, especially one powered by electricity. • a platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a procession: a carnival float. 3 Brit. a sum of money used for change at the beginning of a period of trading in a shop or stall etc. , or for minor expenditures. 4 a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster. 5 chiefly N. Amer. a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it: ice-cream floats. 6 (in critical path analysis ) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process. PHRASES float someone's boat informal appeal to or excite someone, especially sexually. ORIGIN Old English flotian (verb ), of Germanic origin and related to fleet 4, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
floatable
float |able ▶adjective capable of floating. • chiefly US (of water ) able to support floating objects; deep enough to float in.
float arm
float arm ▶noun the hinged arm attached to the ball float in the ballcock of a water cistern.
floatation
float |ation ▶noun variant spelling of flotation.
float chamber
float cham |ber ▶noun the cavity in a carburettor containing a device which floats on the surface of the fuel and seals off the flow as the level rises.
floatel
floatel |fləʊˈtɛl |(also flotel ) ▶noun a floating hotel, especially a boat used as a hotel. • an accommodation vessel for workers on an offshore oil rig. ORIGIN 1950s: blend of float and hotel; compare with boatel .
floater
float ¦er |ˈfləʊtə | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that floats. • a loose particle within the eyeball which is apparent in one's field of vision. 2 a floating voter. • informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person who frequently changes occupation or residence. • N. Amer. a worker who is required to do a variety of tasks as the need for each arises. 3 Brit. informal, dated a mistake; a gaffe. 4 US an insurance policy covering loss of articles without specifying a location.
float glass
float glass ▶noun [ mass noun ] plate glass made by allowing it to solidify on a layer of molten metal.
floating
float |ing |ˈfləʊtɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 buoyant or suspended in water or air: a floating platform. 2 not settled permanently; fluctuating or variable: floating exchange rates.
floating charge
float |ing charge ▶noun a liability to a creditor which relates to the company's assets as a whole and may become fixed in particular circumstances (such as liquidation ). Compare with fixed charge.
floating cloche
float |ing cloche ▶noun a lightweight material (such as polypropylene film ) placed over growing plants to protect them, unsupported except by the plants themselves.
floating debt
float |ing debt ▶noun a debt which is repayable in the short term. Compare with funded debt.
floating dock
float |ing dock ▶noun a floating structure used as a dry dock.
floating kidney
float |ing kid ¦ney ▶noun [ mass noun ] a condition in which the kidneys are abnormally movable.
floating-point
floating-point ▶noun [ as modifier ] Computing denoting a mode of representing numbers as two sequences of bits, one representing the digits in the number and the other an exponent which determines the position of the radix point. Often contrasted with fixed point ( sense 2 ).
floating rib
float |ing rib ▶noun any of the lower ribs which are not attached directly to the breastbone. Also called false rib.
floating voter
float |ing voter ▶noun Brit. a person who has not decided which way to vote in an election, or one who does not consistently vote for the same political party.
floatplane
float |plane |ˈfləʊtpleɪn | ▶noun an aircraft equipped with floats for landing on water; a seaplane.
float valve
float valve ▶noun a ball valve.
floaty
floaty |ˈfləʊti | ▶adjective ( floatier, floatiest ) (especially of a woman's garment or a fabric ) light and flimsy: elegant floaty dresses.
American Oxford Thesaurus
float
float verb 1 oil floats on water: stay afloat, stay on the surface, be buoyant, be buoyed up. ANTONYMS sink. 2 the balloon floated in the air: hover, levitate, be suspended, hang, defy gravity. 3 a cloud floated across the moon: drift, glide, sail, slip, slide, waft. ANTONYMS rush. 4 they have just floated that idea: suggest, put forward, come up with, submit, moot, propose, advance, test the popularity of; informal run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes ). ANTONYMS withdraw.
floating
floating adjective 1 floating seaweed: buoyant, on the surface, afloat, drifting. ANTONYMS sunken. 2 floating helium balloons: hovering, levitating, suspended, hanging, defying gravity. ANTONYMS grounded. 3 floating voters: uncommitted, undecided, of two minds, torn, split, uncertain, unsure, wavering, vacillating, indecisive, blowing hot and cold, undeclared; informal sitting on the fence. ANTONYMS committed. 4 a floating population: unsettled, transient, temporary, variable, fluctuating; migrant, wandering, nomadic, on the move, migratory, traveling, drifting, roving, roaming, itinerant, vagabond. ANTONYMS settled. 5 a floating exchange rate: variable, changeable, changing, fluid, fluctuating. ANTONYMS fixed.
Oxford Thesaurus
float
float verb 1 oil floats on water: stay afloat, stay on the surface, be buoyant, be buoyed up. ANTONYMS sink. 2 the huge craft floated above the surface of the planet: hover, levitate, be suspended, hang, defy gravity. 3 a dark cloud floated across the moon: drift, glide, sail, slip, slide, waft, flow, stream, move, travel, be carried. ANTONYMS rush. 4 the Chancellor floated the idea of offering dual citizenship: suggest, put forward, come up with, submit, raise, moot, propose, advance, offer, proffer, posit, present, table, test the popularity of; informal run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes ). ANTONYMS withdraw. 5 the company was floated on the Stock Exchange: launch, get going, get off the ground, offer, sell, introduce, establish, set up, institute, promote. ANTONYMS wind up; buy back.
floating
floating adjective 1 a floating piece of seaweed: buoyant, buoyed up, non-submerged, on the surface, above water, afloat, drifting. ANTONYMS sunken. 2 floating gas balloons: hovering, levitating, suspended, hanging, defying gravity. ANTONYMS grounded. 3 floating voters: uncommitted, undecided, in two minds, torn, split, uncertain, unsure, wavering, vacillating, indecisive, in a quandary, in a dilemma, in doubt; non-partisan, non-aligned, unaffiliated, unattached, neutral, impartial, independent, undeclared; informal iffy, blowing hot and cold, sitting on the fence. ANTONYMS committed. 4 a floating population: unsettled, not settled, not fixed, transient, temporary, variable, fluctuating; migrant, wandering, nomadic, moving, on the move, migratory, travelling, drifting, roving, roaming, itinerant, gypsy, vagrant, vagabond. ANTONYMS settled. 5 a floating currency exchange rate: variable, changeable, changing, fluid, fluctuating, free, not fixed; informal up and down. ANTONYMS fixed.
Duden Dictionary
Float
Float Substantiv, maskulin Bankwesen , der |floʊt |der Float; Genitiv: des Floats, Plural: die Floats englisch float, eigentlich = das Fließen, Fluss, zu: to float floaten Summe der von Konten abgebuchten, aber noch nicht gutgeschriebenen Zahlungen im bargeldlosen Zahlungsverkehr
floaten
floa ten schwaches Verb |ˈfloʊtn̩ |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « englisch to float, eigentlich = schwimmen, treiben 1 Wirtschaft (vom Außenwert einer Währung ) durch Freigabe des Wechselkurses schwanken 2 (im Wellnessbereich ) sich in einem mit Salzwasser gefüllten Tank zur Entspannung treiben lassen
Floating
Floa ting Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈfloʊtɪŋ |das Floating; Genitiv: des Floatings englisch floating = das Freigeben 1 Wirtschaft durch Freigabe des Wechselkurses eingeleitetes Schwanken des Außenwertes einer Währung in einem System fester Wechselkurse 2 das Floaten 2
Floating-Line
Floa ting-Line, Floa ting line Substantiv, feminin , die Floatingline |…laɪn …laɪn |die Floating-Line; Genitiv: der Floating-Line, Plural: die Floating-Lines die Floatingline; Genitiv: der Floatingline, Plural: die Floatinglines englisch untere Sicherheitsgrenze beim Floating, die für die Stabilität der einzelnen Währung einzuhalten ist
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float
float /floʊt /〖語源は 「浮かぶ 」; fleet 1 と同源 〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 自動詞 1 【水面に 】浮かぶ , 浮く «on » (↔sink )▸ Ice floats on water .氷は水上に浮かぶ ▸ float up to A A 〈場所 〉まで浮き上がる 2 〖～＋副詞 〗(空中 水中を )漂う , 浮動 [浮遊 ]する (drift )▸ float about five feet deep in water 水中約5フィートの深さの所に浮かぶ ▸ a feather floating in the air 空中に浮かぶ羽毛 3 〖～＋副詞 〗〈音楽 においなどが 〉流れる, 漂ってくる (!副詞 は主に経路の表現 ) ; 〈風説などが 〉広がる, 広まる (!副詞 は (a )round, about ) ; 〈考え 言葉などが 〉【心中に 】浮かぶ «through , in (to )» ▸ The music floated out upon the air .音楽が流れてきた ▸ A rumor is floating around [about ].うわさが広まっている (!通例進行形で ) ▸ A virus can float all the way around the world .ウイルスは世界中に広がっていく可能性があります 4 〘金融 〙〈通貨が 〉変動相場制に [で ]ある ▸ allow the currencies to float 通貨を変動相場制にしておく 5 〈人 物が 〉優雅に動く [歩く ], ひらひら舞う ▸ Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee .｟引用 ｠チョウのように舞い, ハチのように刺せ 〘米国のボクサー, モハメド アリがセコンドより指示されたといわれる言葉 〙6 〖～＋副詞 〗〈人が 〉 (定職につかず )ふらふらする, ぶらぶらする ▸ float from job [place ] to job [place ]職 [住所 ]を転々と変える 7 〘株式 〙〈会社が 〉 (新規に株式を )上場する ▸ float on the stock market 上場する 他動詞 1 【空気 水面などに 】…を浮かべる , 浮かせる «on , in » ; 〈物 人 〉を流す, 浮遊させる ▸ float a small vessel 小船を浮かべる 2 (反応を見ようと )〈アイデア 計画など 〉を提案する, 提示する, 出す .3 〘金融 〙〈通貨 〉を変動相場制にする .4 〘株式 〙【市場に 】〈会社 〉を新規上場 [株式公開 ]する «on » ; 【市場に 】〈株式 〉を公開する «on » ; 〈企業 〉を設立する .5 ｟米 ｠〈小切手 〉を不渡りにする (｟英 ｠bounce ).6 〈うわさ 〉を流す, 広める (circulate ).7 〈場所 〉を水浸しにする, 灌漑 （かんがい ）する .8 (平らに )〈しっくい 〉をならす .fl ò at ar ó und [ab ó ut ] (A )1 ↑自動詞 3 .2 ｟話 ｠〈物が 〉 (Aの )どこかにある (!話者には見覚えがある ) .名詞 C 1 (パレードなどの )山車 （だし ）, フロート ▸ a carnival float カーニバルのフロート 2 ｟米 ｠フロート 〘アイスクリームを浮かべた飲み物 〙.3 (水に )浮く [浮かべる ]もの ; (魚釣りの )浮き .4 (水泳の )ビート板 ; (水泳 救命用などの )浮き (袋 ); ブイ (buoy ); いかだ (raft ); (水上機の )フロート ; (水位調節用 )浮球 ; 浮桟橋 .5 ｟主に英 ｠(店舗の )おつり用の小銭 ; 小額の現金 .6 〘経 〙浮動株 ; (小切手 手形の )未決済総額 ; (株の )新規公開 .7 ｟英 ｠〖しばしば ～s 〗＝footlights .8 (左官の )仕上げこて ; 片目やすり .9 浮遊タンクにつかること .10 ｟英 ｠小型電動車 .～́ gl à ss フロートガラス 〘溶かした金属の上にガラス素地を流して作る板ガラス 〙.～́ v à lve 〘機 〙フロート弁 .
floatation
float a tion /floʊtéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 ＝flotation .
floater
fl ó at er 名詞 C 1 浮く [浮かぶ ]もの [人 ] 〘救命具 釣りの浮き 魚の浮き袋など 〙.2 ｟米 くだけて ｠渡り労働者 ; 職業 [住所 ]を転々とする人 ; (事業所の )臨時雇員 .3 ｟米 ｠不正投票者 .4 (視野に常に浮いているように見える )浮遊点 .5 ｟米 ｠(動産などを保障する )包括保険証券 .
floating
fl ó at ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 (水上に )浮かんでいる, 浮遊している ; 浮動的な, 変動する .2 〘医 〙(正常な位置から )遊走した 〈臓器 骨など 〉.3 〘経 〙流動する .名詞 U 浮遊タンクにつかること .～̀ br í dge 浮き橋 .～̀ d ó ck 浮きドック .～̀ exch à nge r á te s ỳ stem 変動為替相場制 .～̀ popul á tion 浮動人口 .～́ v ò ter ｟英 ｠浮動投票 [有権 ]者 .
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