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floating
('fl/oU/t/I//N/ )

adjective (a)

  • Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the act of someone who floats on the water(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    natation
    source: wordnet30
  • Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • borne up by or suspended in a liquid(adj.all)
    Example:
    The ship is still floating.
    Floating logs.
    Floating seaweed.
    source: wordnet30
  • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another(adj.all)
    Example:
    The floating population.
    Synonym:
    aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant
    source: wordnet30
  • inclined to move or be moved about(adj.all)
    Example:
    A floating crap game.
    source: wordnet30
  • (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position(adj.all)
    Example:
    Floating ribs are not connected with the sternum.
    A floating kidney.
    source: wordnet30
  • not definitely committed to a party or policy(adj.all)
    Example:
    Floating voters.
    source: wordnet30
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