float

The boat floated on the water.

to float a boat

That boat doesn't float.

I’d love to just float downstream.

I’m not sure where they went... they're floating around here somewhere.

The balloon floated off into the distance.

The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.

There's a rumour floating around the office that Jan is pregnant.

That's a daft idea... it'll never float.

I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.

The yen floats against the dollar.

The government floated the pound in January.

Could you float me $50 until payday?

"Peg out a claim wherever you like and we will float it," was the substance of many a code of instructions sent by unprincipled men in the mining world of the colonies to the gold prospectors in Port Darwin.

This wire, nailed over the face of the old plaster will also reinforce any loose lath or plaster after the walls have set. Float the wall to the face of the lath first.

It is time to float this horse's teeth.

To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.