Float
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant. A small battery-powered vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float. Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid. 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. The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account. Premiums taken in but not yet paid out. Short form of floating-point number. A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface. To be capable of floating. To drift gently through the air. To drift or wander aimlessly. To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating To move in a fluid manner. To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change. (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule. (of an idea or scheme) To be viable. To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density; as, to float a boat. To propose (an idea) for consideration. To extend a short-term loan to. To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets. 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 use a float (tool).
Example sentence: The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea.
Blow
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A strong wind.A chance to catch one's breath.Cocaine.The act of striking or hitting.An unfortunate occurrence.A mass or display of flowers; a yield.A display of anything brilliant or bright.A bloom, state of flowering.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To produce an air current.To propel by an air current.To be propelled by an air current.To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.To play a musical instrument, such as a horn or woodwind.To make a sound as the result of being blown.To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.To explode.To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.To cause sudden destruction of.To suddenly fail destructively.To destroy (an electric component) by passing excessive electric current through it.To be destroyed by such a current.To be very undesirable (see also suck).To recklessly squander.To fellate.To leave.To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
Example sentence: With darts it's just one against one, it's blow for blow. The only thing I could compare it to is boxing. It's dead exciting. You're reacting to each other, the adrenaline's pumping. You don't feel calm at all. But it's all about being able to win when you're pumped up. People say you don't play the player; I play the player every time.