Was (wer) ist floats - definition
Floats (drink)
BEVERAGE LINE
Floats were a beverage line introduced by the Dr Pepper Snapple in January 2008. Two flavors were available, A&W Float and Sunkist Float.
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Float (album); Float (disambiguation); Floats; Float (song)
·vi A coal cart.
II. Float ·vi The sea; a wave. ·see Flote, ·noun.
III. Float ·vi The act of flowing; flux; flow.
IV. Float ·vi A float board. ·see Float board (below).
V. Float ·vi A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
VI. Float ·vi A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
VII. Float ·noun To rest on the surface of any fluid; to Swim; to be buoyed up.
VIII. Float ·vt To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
IX. Float ·vi The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
XI. Float ·vi The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
XII. Float ·vi A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
XIII. Float ·vi A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
XIV. Float ·vi The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
XV. Float ·vt To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
XVI. Float ·vi A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
XVII. Float ·vi Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
XVIII. Float ·vt To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.
XIX. Float ·vi Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
XX. Float ·noun To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air.
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Float (album); Float (disambiguation); Floats; Float (song)
(floats, floating, floated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid.
They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.
...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...
They'll spend some time floating boats in the creek.
VERB: V in n, V prep/adv, V n, also V n prep/adv
2.
Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink.
Empty things float.
? sink
VERB: V
3.
A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float.
N-COUNT
4.
A float is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught.
N-COUNT
5.
Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it.
The white cloud of smoke floated away.
VERB: V prep/adv
6.
If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about.
The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.
VERB: V n
7.
If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. (BUSINESS)
He floated his firm on the stock market...
The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.
VERB: V n on n, V n
8.
If a government floats its country's currency or allows it to float, it allows the currency's value to change freely in relation to other currencies. (BUSINESS)
A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges...
59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.
VERB: V n, V
9.
A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a festival procession.
N-COUNT
see also milk float
10.
A float is a small amount of coins and notes of low value that someone has before they start selling things so that they are able to give customers change if necessary. (BRIT)
N-SING
Aussprachebeispiele für floats
1. and have floats.
WACO - Where Art Can Occur _ Ms. Tina Knowles-Lawson and Mr. Richard Lawson _ Talks at Google
2. These floats reveal
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3. the ocean floats up.
_ Caleb Scharf _ Talks at Google
4. The tube floats around.
Dr. Christopher Mason _ The Next 500 Years _ Talks at Google
5. floats and consolidate them.
The History of 111 Eighth Ave _ Greg Estren _ Talks at Google
Beispiele aus Textkorpus für floats
1. Some floats are flanked by torch bearers known as flambeaux.
2. "They sat on the floats of our helicopters," Aldworth said.
3. "The floats will look better." He said that the floats of the 134–year–old krewe Rex were damaged during the flooding.
4. Balloon floats around the stomach The tube is removed when filling is complete and the balloon floats around the stomach safely.
5. In the distance, Rick Byer‘s glider floats above the turbines.