floated
Bobbed on water
Floated is the past tense of float.
Something floated if it rested on or moved across a liquid surface without sinking: A leaf floated downstream.
Ideas and rumors float when they circulate informally: Someone floated the possibility of a merger.
A company floats when it offers shares publicly for the first time.
To float a loan is to obtain one.
Cropped or nodded
- driftedMoved without aim
- waftedMoved gently through air
- glidedMoved without apparent effort
- hoveredStayed airborne in place
sailed · coasted · skimmed · raft · pontoon · cork · foam · bobber
Moved without aim
- meanderedTraveled without direct course
- wanderedMoved without fixed course
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
- rambledSpoke aimlessly, at length
strayed · ambled · sauntered · moseyed · traipsed · coasted · glided · idled
Rose and hovered midair
- hoveredStayed airborne in place
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- driftedMoved without aim
- zero-gravityAbsence of gravitational pull
microgravity · spacewalk · orbit · free-fall · antigravity · levitation · weightlessness · ethereal
Lowered in worth
- depreciatedDecreased in monetary value
- adjustedChanged to improve fit
- fluctuatedVaried irregularly
- unpeggedReleased from fixed position
liberalized · traded · forex · deregulated · convertible
bobbed
Cropped or nodded
hovered · sailed · coasted · skimmed · raft · pontoon · cork · foam · bobber · lifebuoy
drifted
Moved without aim
- meanderedTraveled without direct course
- wanderedMoved without fixed course
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
rambled · strayed · ambled · sauntered · moseyed · traipsed · coasted · glided · idled · lingered
levitated
Rose and hovered midair
zero-gravity · microgravity · spacewalk · orbit · free-fall · antigravity · levitation · weightlessness · ethereal · airborne
devalued
Lowered in worth
- depreciatedDecreased in monetary value
- adjustedChanged to improve fit
- fluctuatedVaried irregularly
unpegged · liberalized · traded · forex · deregulated · convertible
suggested
Offered for consideration
- proposedOffered for acceptance
- pitchedTossed or angled
- introducedMade formally acquainted
circulated · aired · broached · raised · presented · offered · submitted · mooted · ventured · advanced
- floating aroundMoving without fixed course
- root beer floatIce cream in soda
- float aroundMove without fixed course
- whatever floats your boatPersonal preference accepted
- ice cream floatSoda topped with frozen dairy
- parade floatsDecorated platforms in marches
float, floating, afloat, floats, floatable, refloat, floatation, floating-point, floatability