One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
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.
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.
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.
A particular quantity of yarn.
A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
A fish, the sole.
A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
A slipway.
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
A twig or shoot; a cutting.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
A slipdress.
An act or instance of slipping.
The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
A mistake or error.
A long, thin piece of something.
A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
An outside covering or case.
A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
To move down; to slide.
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
To err.
To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.