Float
noun
- 1.
- (ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម) ប្រាក់សម្រាប់ចំណាយប្រចាំថ្ងៃ
- 2.
- (anything small that floats, something that floats or helps something else, an exhibit on a platform with wheels) fishing float កំសួល, signal float ពោង, parade float រថយន្ដតុបតែងយ៉ាងត្រចះត្រចង់ (នៅពេលធ្វើក្បួនហែរជាដើម) / floating bridge ស្ពានបណ្ដែត, floating capital ទុនបង្វិល, floating debt បំណុលដែលត្រូវសងមួយផ្នែកនៅពេលណាដែលកំណត់ floating dock ផែបណ្ដែត floating of company ការចាប់ផ្ដើមក្រុមហ៊ុន, floating exchange rate អត្រាប្ដូរប្រាក់អណ្ដែត
verb — past tense: floated ; past participle: floated ; present participle: floating ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to rest or drift on the surface of a liquid, to be suspended freely) corks float អណ្ដែត, float downstream រសាត់តាម, rumors float សាយភាយ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to support, to bear along, in commerce, to get (a company) started) float a boat បណ្ដែត, float a loan ខ្ចីប្រាក់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A float board.
- 2.
- A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
- 3.
- The act of flowing; flux; flow.
- 4.
- A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
- 5.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- 6.
- A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
- 7.
- A coal cart.
- 8.
- The sea; a wave.
- 9.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- 10.
- The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
- 11.
- The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
- 12.
- The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
verb — past tense: floated ; past participle: floated ; present participle: floating ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
- 3.
- To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
- 4.
- 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.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.