different between float vs slide

English

Etymology

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *flut?n? (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Cognate with Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), Middle Dutch vloten, Old Norse flota, Icelandic fljóta, Old English fl?otan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek ???? (plé?), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian ???????? (plávat?), Latin plaustrum (“wagon, cart”). Compare flow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fl??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /flo?t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

float (third-person singular simple present floats, present participle floating, simple past and past participle floated)

1. (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.

2. (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.

3. (intransitive) To be capable of floating.

4. (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating

5. (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.

6. (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.

7. (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.

8. (intransitive, figuratively) To circulate.

9. (intransitive, colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.

10. (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.

11. (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
12. (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.

13. (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.

14. (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.

15. (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
    • 2005 June 21, Dewi Cooke, The Age [1],

      He [Mario Moretti Polegato] floated the company on the Milan Stock Exchange last December and sold 29 per cent of its shares, mostly to American investors.

    • 2007, Jonathan Reuvid, Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public.
    • 2011, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, footnote i, page 269,

      As a result of this reverse acquisition, Hurlingham changed its name to Manroy plc and floated shares on the Alternative Investment Market in London.

16. (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
    • 1932, The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer (volumes 35-37, page 35)

      This wire, nailed over the face of the old plaster will also reinforce any loose lath or plaster after the walls have set. Float the wall to the face of the lath first.

17. (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.

18. (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
19. (poker) To perform a float.
20. (computing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
    • 2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies (page 290)

      To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.

Derived terms

• float someone's boat
• whatever floats your boat

Translations

Noun

float (plural floats)

1. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
2. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
3. A float board.
4. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
5. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.

6. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.

7. (Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7

     As soon as the skies brightened and plum-blossom was out, Paul drove off in the milkman's heavy float up to Willey Farm.

8. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.

9. (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
10. (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.

11. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.

12. (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
    • 2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing (page 214)

      If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats.

13. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.

14. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
15. (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
16. (knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
17. (automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination
18. (transport) a lowboy trailer
19. (tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as an anvil or die.

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20. (obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.

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21. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.

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22. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

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23. (Britain, dated) A coal cart.
24. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
25. (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
    • 2007, Michael Bowers, Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns (page 93)

      When a float cannot fit next to another float, it moves down below it. A float's position, size, padding, borders, and margins affect the position of adjacent floats and adjacent inline content.

Synonyms

• (Shares offered to the public:): initial public offering

Derived terms

• floatplane

Translations

References

Anagrams

• aloft, flota

English

Etymology

From Middle English sliden, from Old English sl?dan (“to slide”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?dan? (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléyd?-e-ti, from *sleyd?- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German sl?tan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German sl?den (“to slide”), Middle Dutch sl?den (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit ??????? (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sla?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or (archaic) slidden)

1. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface

2. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
   • c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks

     They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.

3. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.

4. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.

5. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
7. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
   • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy

     Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
8. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
9. (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.

   Synonyms: toboggan, sled

Derived terms

• aslide
• let slide

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (suraido)

Translations

Noun

slide (plural slides)

1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.

4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
5. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
8. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
9. (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
10. (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.

11. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
12. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
13. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
14. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
15. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

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16. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
17. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
18. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
19. (clothing) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
20. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
21. (vulgar slang) a promiscuous woman, slut

Synonyms

• (item of play equipment): slippery dip
• (inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity): chute
• (mechanism of a part which slides on or against a guide): runner

Hyponyms

• helter-skelter

Derived terms

• (transparent plate bearing an image): slide projector, slide viewer

Descendants

• ? Czech: slajd
• ? Japanese: ???? (suraido)
• ? Portuguese: slide

Translations

Anagrams

• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, isled, leids, sidle, siled, sleid

Danish

Etymology

from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan?, cognate with Swedish slita, English slit, German schleißen, Dutch slijten,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sli?ð?]

Verb

slide (imperative slid, infinitive at slide, present tense slider, past tense sled, perfect tense har slidt)

1. labour; work hard
2. chafe

Inflection

Middle English

Verb

slide

1. Alternative form of sliden

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English slide.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.?laj.d??i/, /?slajd??/, /?zlajd??/, /?slajd/

Noun

slide m (plural slides)

1. slide (transparent image for projecting)

   Synonyms: transparência, diapositivo

2. slide (a frame in a slideshow)
3. (music) slide (device for playing slide guitar)
4. (music) slide (guitar technique where the player moves finger up or down the fretboard)