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 knitting needle.
Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
A telecommunication wire or cable.
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
To string on a wire.
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
To install eavesdropping equipment.
To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To equip with wires for use with electricity.