A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
A float board.
A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
A lowboy trailer.
Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
To circulate.
To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
(of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
To be capable of floating.
To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
To propose (an idea) for consideration.
To move in a fluid manner.
To drift gently through the air.
To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
(of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
To drift or wander aimlessly.
To extend a short-term loan to.
To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
To perform a float.
To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
A wing.
A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
A butterfly (combination of four options).
An act of flying.
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
waste cotton
Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
A fly ball.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Related terms: flyman
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
To be in the winged adult stage.
To hunt with a hawk.
To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
To be accepted, come about or work out.
To proceed with great success.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.