[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

float \float\, v. i. imp.  p. p. floated; p. pr.  vb. n.
   floating. oe. flotien, flotten, as. flotian to float,
   swim, fr. fle'otan. see float, n.
   1. to rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed
      up.
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            the ark no more now floats, but seems on ground.
                                                  --milton.
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            three blustering nights, borne by the southern
            blast,
            i floated.                            --dryden.
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   2. 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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            they stretch their broad plumes and float upon the
            wind.                                 --pope.
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            there seems a floating whisper on the hills.
                                                  --byron.
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see also:
floated floating float 

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