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- (UK) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- (UK) A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- (UK) A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
- an apparatus intended for use under water
- a warship designed to operate under water
adj
adj
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy.
- Initialism of continental breakfast.
- Initialism of competition best or championship best.
- (British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
- (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
- Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
- (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
- Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
- (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
- (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.
- (military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of cruise boost.
- Initialism of conduction band.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Initialism of cheebai.
- Initialism of citizens' band.
- (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
adj
name
noun
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
adj
- Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
- Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
- Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
- Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
- Of music: light and relaxing.
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
noun
- A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
- A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
- (swimming, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy
- (insurance, healthcare) Initialism of coordination of benefits
- (US, military) Initialism of contingency operating base.
- Initialism of close of business; the end of day on a business day.
- (business) Initialism of chairman of the board
- (electronics, computer hardware) Initialism of chip on board (an LED module or integrated circuit bonded to a circuit board)
- (military) Acronym of chief of boat.
name
noun
- (nautical) The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
- An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- (electrical engineering) The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
- A hollow boat-shaped structure.
- (road transport) A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
adj
- (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
- (law) suspended sentence
- Hung from above.
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
verb
noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (poker) 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.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- 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.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) 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 tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) 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 sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) 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 float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) 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.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- (underwater diving) Initialism of buoyancy control device.
- (astronomy) Initialism of blue compact dwarf.
- (computing, electronics) Initialism of binary-coded decimal.
- (military) Initialism of bad-conduct discharge.
- Initialism of behind closed doors.
- (computing) Initialism of Boot Configuration Data.
- (psychology, professional credential) Initialism of board-certified diplomate.
- (cycling) Initialism of bolt circle diameter (a measurement of the various sizes of chainring).
noun
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
noun
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- (chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- (slang) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- (finance) Synonym of balloon payment.
- (architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
- (pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
- A speech bubble.
- (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
- large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
verb
- (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
- (aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
- (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.
- become inflated
- ride in a hot-air balloon
adj
noun
- A tourist vessel that rides low in the water, with the majority of the vehicle submerged, with underwater windows.
- A low-freeboard vessel, capable of being incidentally submerged, with the majority of the hull located underwater.
- A specialised marine vessel with good stability and seakeeping characteristics, often used in offshore roles such as oil drilling.
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verb
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.
- (sports, games) Inconsistent in performance.
- (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
- (informal) Having a swinging motion.
- (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
- (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- (slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.
- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
noun
verb
verb
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- travel through water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- move as if gliding through water
- be dizzy or giddy
- (intransitive) To have a great quantity of something.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
- (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
noun
- the act of swimming
- An act or instance of swimming.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- A dizziness; swoon.
- (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
adj
adj
adj
noun
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
noun
- A dan buoy.
- A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
- (units of measurement) A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
- (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
prep
adj
verb
- put under water
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
adj
adj
- Floating.
- (figurative) Covered, overspread, filled (with or in something).
- (of an organization) Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses; (of a private individual, family, etc.) keeping one's head above water.
- (figurative, of ideas, information, etc.) Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
- Covered with water, bearing floating objects.
- Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc. (of hair or clothing)
- In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
- covered with water
- borne on the water; floating
- aimlessly drifting
adv
adv
adj
- beneath the surface of the water
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
noun
verb
adj
verb
verb
- To surround as if with water.
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
noun
noun
- air
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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noun
- Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
- (slang) A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
- (vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus.
- echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy.
- Initialism of continental breakfast.
- Initialism of competition best or championship best.
- (British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
- (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
- Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
- (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
- Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
- (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
- (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.
- (military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of cruise boost.
- Initialism of conduction band.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Initialism of cheebai.
- Initialism of citizens' band.
- (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
adj
name
noun
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy
- (insurance, healthcare) Initialism of coordination of benefits
- (US, military) Initialism of contingency operating base.
- Initialism of close of business; the end of day on a business day.
- (business) Initialism of chairman of the board
- (electronics, computer hardware) Initialism of chip on board (an LED module or integrated circuit bonded to a circuit board)
- (military) Acronym of chief of boat.
name
noun
- (nautical) The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
- An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- (electrical engineering) The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
- A hollow boat-shaped structure.
- (road transport) A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (poker) 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.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- 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.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) 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 tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) 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 sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) 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 float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) 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.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- (underwater diving) Initialism of buoyancy control device.
- (astronomy) Initialism of blue compact dwarf.
- (computing, electronics) Initialism of binary-coded decimal.
- (military) Initialism of bad-conduct discharge.
- Initialism of behind closed doors.
- (computing) Initialism of Boot Configuration Data.
- (psychology, professional credential) Initialism of board-certified diplomate.
- (cycling) Initialism of bolt circle diameter (a measurement of the various sizes of chainring).
noun
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
noun
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- (chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- (slang) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- (finance) Synonym of balloon payment.
- (architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
- (pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
- A speech bubble.
- (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
- large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
verb
- (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
- (aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
- (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.
- become inflated
- ride in a hot-air balloon
noun
- A dan buoy.
- A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
- (units of measurement) A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
- (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
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noun
- air
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (poker) 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.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- 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.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) 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 tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) 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 sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) 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 float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) 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.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
verb
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- travel through water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- move as if gliding through water
- be dizzy or giddy
- (intransitive) To have a great quantity of something.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
- (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
noun
- the act of swimming
- An act or instance of swimming.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- A dizziness; swoon.
- (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
verb
- put under water
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
verb
- To surround as if with water.
- To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
- To bathe or wash (someone or something).
- (reflexive) To bathe or wash.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
- Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
- Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
- To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
- Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
- wash one's face and hands
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash or flow against
noun
verb
noun
- Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
- (slang) A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
- (vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus.
- echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
adv
adj
- beneath the surface of the water
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (UK) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- (UK) A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- (UK) A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
- an apparatus intended for use under water
- a warship designed to operate under water
adj
adj
adj
- Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
- Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
- Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
- Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
- Of music: light and relaxing.
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
noun
- A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
- A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
- (swimming, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).
adj
- (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
- (law) suspended sentence
- Hung from above.
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
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adj
noun
- A tourist vessel that rides low in the water, with the majority of the vehicle submerged, with underwater windows.
- A low-freeboard vessel, capable of being incidentally submerged, with the majority of the hull located underwater.
- A specialised marine vessel with good stability and seakeeping characteristics, often used in offshore roles such as oil drilling.
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verb
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.
- (sports, games) Inconsistent in performance.
- (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
- (informal) Having a swinging motion.
- (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
- (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- (slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.
- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
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verb
adj
adj
adj
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- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
adj
adj
adj
- Floating.
- (figurative) Covered, overspread, filled (with or in something).
- (of an organization) Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses; (of a private individual, family, etc.) keeping one's head above water.
- (figurative, of ideas, information, etc.) Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
- Covered with water, bearing floating objects.
- Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc. (of hair or clothing)
- In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
- covered with water
- borne on the water; floating
- aimlessly drifting
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verb
adv
adj
- beneath the surface of the water
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water