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Floating

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Definitions for Floating

noun
the act of someone who floats on the water
Synonyms
natation
adjective
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
Examples
  1. the ship is still floating
  2. floating logs
  3. floating seaweed
adjective
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Synonyms
aimless drifting vagabond vagrant
Examples
  1. a drifting double-dealer
  2. the floating population
  3. vagrant hippies of the sixties
adjective
inclined to move or be moved about
Examples
  1. a floating crap game
adjective
(of a part of the body) not firmly connected
Synonyms
floating(a)
Examples
  1. movable or out of normal position
  2. floating ribs are not connected with the sternum
  3. a floating kidney
adjective
not definitely committed to a party or policy
Synonyms
floating(a)
Examples
  1. floating voters
verb
be in motion due to some air or water current
Synonyms
float drift be adrift blow
Examples
  1. The leaves were blowing in the wind
  2. the boat drifted on the lake
  3. The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
  4. the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
verb
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
Synonyms
float swim
verb
set afloat
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. He floated the logs down the river
  2. The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
verb
circulate or discuss tentatively
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. test the waters with
  2. The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
verb
move lightly, as if suspended
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. The dancer floated across the stage
verb
put into the water
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. float a ship
verb
make the surface of level or smooth
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. float the plaster
verb
allow (currencies) to fluctuate
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. The government floated the ruble for a few months
verb
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Synonyms
float
Examples
  1. float data

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