Clues for the word "FLOAT"
We've had 103 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 157 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 09, 2026.
Definition of float
- v. i. - Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
- v. i. - A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- v. i. - The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
- v. i. - The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
- v. i. - Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
- v. i. - A float board. See Float board (below).
- v. i. - A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
- v. i. - The act of flowing; flux; flow.
- v. i. - A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
- v. i. - The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
- v. i. - A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- v. i. - A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
- v. i. - A coal cart.
- v. i. - The sea; a wave. See Flote, n.
- n. - To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
- n. - 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.
- v. t. - To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
- v. t. - To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
- v. t. - To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
- v. t. - To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.
Referring Clues
- Hydroplane part
- Negotiate, as a loan
- Parade sight
- Site of thousands of flowers
- Parade attraction
- Dairy treat
- Ice cream drink
- Drink with a straw
- Homecoming project
- Parade entry
- Middle of the quote
- Drift along
- Parade component
- Root beer and ice cream treat
- Root beer concoction
- Levitate
- Soda jerk's creation
- Tool for smoothing wet concrete
- Ice cream shop drink
- Soda-fountain order
- Parade presentation
- Homecoming project, perhaps
- Site of thousands of flowers, perhaps
- Moving holiday display?
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade display
- Parade vehicle
- Soda fountain treat
- Macy's Parade component
- Rose Parade sight
- Mardi Gras sight
- Bob on top of the water
- A&W offering
- Be buoyant
- Parade fave
- Parade part
- Rose Parade entry
- Root beer ___; ice cream treat
- What one might see in a 20-, 32-, 43- or 56-Across
- Buoyant
- Homecoming vehicle
- Rose Parade vehicle
- Exhibit buoyancy
- Bob up and down, say
- Ice cream concoction
- Show buoyancy
- Angler's device
- Drift
- Entry in the Rose Parade
- Raft
- Buoy
- Ice-cream treat
- Big parade vehicle
- Opposite of sink
- Parade spectacle
- Stay on top of the water
- Modest Mouse "___ On"
- "And we'll all ___ on okay" Modest Mouse
- Rest on the surface of a fluid
- Be a drifter?
- Petty cash - rest on a liquid's surface
- Soar
- But the angler likes to see it sink!
- A duck, flat out, will certainly not sink!
- A girl gets at some cash in the till
- Soft drink with a scoop of ice cream - rest on water - electric cart
- Petty cash needed but none in a bedsitter
- Lie on surface of water
- Bob put forward an idea
- Waft
- The angler likes to see it sink
- Money put aside for parade vehicle
- Money held for Bob
- Move aimlessly
- Loud alto jittery at business launch
- One that gets a scoop
- What a drifter will do, making love flat out
- Milk delivery vehicle
- There's nothing in the apartment that won't sink!
- But the angler wants to see it sink!
- Drift aloft like an airship
- Shake alternative
- Move freely, being a drifter?
- Part of a parade
- Root-beer treat
- Parade creation
- Fountain order
- Decorated parade vehicle
- Lie on top of a pool
- Not sink
- Parade vehicle that people stand on
- Vehicle in a parade
- Drift aloft, perhaps
- Parade staple
- Be a drifter?
- Decorated platform in a pride parade
- Slow-moving parade sight
- May suggest milk, but you can do it in water
- But the angler may want to see it sink!
- Gently suggest, as an idea
- Keep up aloft somehow
- Ice cream shop purchase
- Rest atop the water
- Glide
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 09, 2026
- New York Times - November 16, 2025
- Daily American - October 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 06, 2025
- Daily American - March 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 25, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2024
- USA Today - August 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 06, 2024
- New York Times - January 12, 2024
- USA Today - January 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 07, 2023
- Daily American - October 29, 2023
- USA Today - October 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 27, 2023
- New York Times - August 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 04, 2023
- Daily American - March 29, 2023
- New York Times - March 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 12, 2023
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