In preparation for Thursday's workshop, I've to find a minimum of...
20 alternative words that relate to my word
To find the words, I used the thesaurus on Word and typed in float, then typed in related words that I thought best suited float, and got related words to these. Towards the end it feels a little off topic, but I think they are quite interesting.
- Float
- Drift
- Sail
- Glide
- Hover
- Soar
- Hang
- Lift
- Fly
- Sense
- Detached
- Moving
- Free
- Uncontrolled
- Able
- Unrestricted
- Relaxing
- Release
- Exempt
- Soothing
- Comforting
- Peaceful
- Nonviolent
- Liberated
- Freethinking
- Enlightened
20 meanings/interpretations of my word
I typed in Define: Float into google to find meanings.
I typed in Define: Float into google to find meanings.
- A thing that is buoyant in water, in particular
- A small object attached to a fishing line to indicate by moving when a fish bites
- A cork or buoy supporting the edge of a fishing net
- A hollow or inflated organ enabling an organism (such as the Portuguese man-of-war) to float in the water
- A hollow structure fixed underneath an aircraft enabling it to take off and land on water
- A device floating on the surface of a liquid that forms part of a valve apparatus controlling flow in and out of the enclosing container, e.g., in a toilet tank or a carburetor
- A platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a parade - a carnival float
- A hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster or concrete
- A soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it - root-beer floats
- The period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process
- Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking - she relaxed, floating gently in the water
- Cause (a buoyant object) to rest or move in such a way - trees were felled and floated downstream
- Be suspended freely in a liquid or gas - fragments of chipped cartilage floated in the joint
- Move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift - clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky - through the open window floated the sound of traffic
- Circulate - the notion was floating around Capitol Hill
- Come before the eyes or mind - the advice his father had given him floated into his mind
- Make (the ball) travel lightly and effortlessly through the air- he floated the kick into the net
- Put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions
- Offer the shares of (a company) for sale on the stock market for the first time
- Fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets - a policy of letting the pound float
20 objects (images) that relate to my word
Images sources from Google images.
20 situations relating to the word
Situations I thought of whilst completing the first 3 points.
Situations I thought of whilst completing the first 3 points.
- fishing float on a wishing wire
- sunbathing on a lilo on water
- milk float
- boat/ship
- floating on water
- life guard ring
- swimming
- floating in space
- hot air baloon
- hovercraft
- bubbles
- kicked football
- ice cubes floating in a drink
- clouds in the sky
- parade float
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