6. (noun)float something that floats on the surface of water
7. (noun)air bladder, swim bladder, float an air-filled sac near the spinalcolumn in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
8. (verb)float, drift, be adrift, blow be in motion due to some air or watercurrent "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
9. (verb)float, swim be afloat either on or below a liquidsurface and not sink to the bottom
10. (verb)float set afloat "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
11. (verb)float circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
12. (verb)float move lightly, as if suspended "The dancer floated across the stage"