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a) [I] to stay or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking:
?oil floats on water?Someone had seen a body floating near the shore.
b) [T] to make something float:
?The logs are floated down the river.2 [I] to stay in the air or move slowly through the air:
?The balloon floated up into the sky.3 [T] to sell SHAREs or BONDs to people for the first time
float 2
a large vehicle that is decorated to be part of a PARADE