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Translating from English to Japanese

Translations:

float — to be supported by a liquid
→ 浮かぶ (ukabu)
→ 浮く (uku)
→ 漂う (tadayou)
float — buoyant device
→ 浮き (uki)
→ いかだ (ikada)

More translations:

float
→ 浮く
float
→ 浮き
float
→ 台車

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 7

  1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

  2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

  3. a drink with ice cream floating in it

    Synonymsice-cream sodaice-cream float
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  1. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

  2. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

    Synonymsplasterer's float

  3. something that floats on the surface of water

  4. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

    Synonymsair bladderswim bladder

VERB 9

  1. 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”
    Synonymsdriftbe adriftblow

  2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

    Synonymsswim

  3. set afloat

    • “He floated the logs down the river”
    • “The boy floated his toy boat on the pond”
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  1. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

    • “The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform”

  2. move lightly, as if suspended

    • “The dancer floated across the stage”

  3. put into the water

    • “float a ship”

  4. make the surface of level or smooth

    • “float the plaster”

  5. allow (currencies) to fluctuate

    • “The government floated the ruble for a few months”

  6. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

    • “float data”