float vs land

float

verb
  • To drift gently through the air. 

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands. 

  • 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. 

land

verb
  • To descend to a surface, especially from the air. 

  • To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score 

  • (of a blow) To deliver. 

  • To come into rest. 

  • To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water. 

  • To acquire; to secure. 

  • To go down well with an audience. 

  • To bring to land. 

  • (of a punch) To connect 

  • To capture or arrest. 

noun
  • The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. 

  • The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming. 

  • lant; urine 

  • The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing. 

  • Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected. 

  • On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits. 

  • realm, domain. 

  • In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows. 

  • A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry. 

  • The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing. 

  • A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires. 

  • The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc. 

  • A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland. 

  • A country or region. 

  • A shock or fright. 

  • The space between the rifling grooves in a gun. 

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