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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Float \Float\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr & vb n. {Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS flotian to float, swim, fr fle['o]tan. 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.
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