| contact | close interaction, they kept in daily contact, they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings |
| eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other, a teacher should make eye contact with the students |
contact
physical contact | the act of touching physically, her fingers came in contact with the light switch |
| contact sport | a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
dead-man's float
prone float | a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
air bladder
swim bladder
float | an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy |
contact
tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact, they forget to solder the contacts |
| contact contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication |
| contact print | a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative |
| electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
| float | something that floats on the surface of water |
| float plasterer's float | a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco |
| float | an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade |
life raft
Carling float | a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency |
| milk float | a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses |
wiper wiper arm
contact arm | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
| eye contact | a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication, it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave |
| contact touch | a communicative interaction, the pilot made contact with the base, he got in touch with his colleagues |
contact
impinging
striking | the physical coming together of two or more things, contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull |
iceream soda
iceream float
float | a drink with ice cream floating in it |
| root beer float | an iceream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer |
contact
middleman | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance, he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor |
| float | the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public |
catalysis
contact action | acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction, of the topcommodity chemicals,are created directly by catalysis and another are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced |
| contact dermatitis | a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy) |
| contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity, litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid |
| float | the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment |
| float | convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation, float data |
| float | allow (currencies) to fluctuate, The government floated the ruble for a few months |
reach
get through
get hold of
contact | be in or establish communication with, Our advertisements reach millions, He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia |
touch adjoin meet
contact | be in direct physical contact with, make contact, The two buildings touch, Their hands touched, The wire must not contact the metal cover, The surfaces contact at this point |
| float | make the surface of level or smooth, float the plaster |
| float | put into the water, float a ship |
| float | move lightly, as if suspended, The dancer floated across the stage |
| float | set afloat, He floated the logs down the river, The boy floated his toy boat on the pond |
float
drift be adrift
blow | be in motion due to some air or water current, The leaves were blowing in the wind, the boat drifted on the lake, The sailboat was adrift on the open sea, the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore |
| float swim | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom |
| fly contact | fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference |
| float | circulate or discuss tentatively, test the waters with, The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform |