float a ship.
float data.
float the plaster.
He floated the logs down the river.
the boat drifted on the lake.
The boy floated his toy boat on the pond.
The dancer floated across the stage.
The government floated the ruble for a few months.
The leaves were blowing in the wind.
The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform.
The sailboat was adrift on the open sea.
the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore.