Verb

(emerg)

(label) To come into view.

* , chapter=12

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}

* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)

, chapter=2, title= Internal Combustion , passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph

, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}

To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author=Anna Lena Phillips, volume=100, issue=2, page=172, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Sneaky Silk Moths , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}

(label) To become known.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) 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.

The boat floated on the water.

The oil floated on the vinegar.

(lb) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density; as, to float a boat.

(lb) To be capable of floating.

That boat doesn’t float .

Oil floats on vinegar.

(lb) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating

I’d love to just float downstream.

(lb) To drift or wander aimlessly.

I’m not sure where they went... they’re floating around here somewhere.

Images from my childhood floated through my mind.

(lb) To drift gently through the air.

The balloon floated off into the distance.

(lb) To move in a fluid manner.

The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.

(of an idea or scheme) To be viable.

That’s a daft idea... it’ll never float .

(lb) To propose (an idea) for consideration.

I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.

(lb) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.

(of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.

The yen floats against the dollar.

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

The government floated the pound in January.

Increased pressure on Thailand’s currency, the baht, in 1997 led to a crisis that forced the government to float the currency.

To extend a short-term loan to.

Could you float me $50 until payday?

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) [http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/shoemaker-strides-for-world-domination/2005/06/20/1119250927926.html?from=moreStories],

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.

(lb) To use a float (tool).

It is time to float this horse's teeth.

(lb) To perform a .