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Synonyms for float

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noun · a drink with ice cream floating in it
ice-cream sodaice-cream float
noun · a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
plasterer's float
noun · an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
air bladderswim bladder
verb · be in motion due to some air or water current

“The leaves were blowing in the wind”

driftbe adriftblow
verb · be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
swim

Opposites of float

sink