float

/fləʊt/ verb

Definition

LIQUID [I, T] › to stay on the surface of a liquid instead of sinking, or to make something do this: I like floating on my back in the pool.

AIR [I] › to stay in the air, or move gently through the air: A balloon floated across the sky.

BUSINESS [I, T] › to start selling a company's shares to the public

(Definition of float verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are saying

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