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Floating

adjective

1.

Borne up by or suspended in a liquid. "Floating logs" , "Floating seaweed"

2.

Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. Synonyms: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant. "The floating population" , "Vagrant hippies of the sixties"

3.

Inclined to move or be moved about.

4.

(of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position. "A floating kidney"

5.

Not definitely committed to a party or policy.

noun

1.

The act of someone who floats on the water. Synonym: natation.

Float

verb

(past & past part. floated; pres. part. floating)

1.

Be in motion due to some air or water current. Synonyms: be adrift, blow, drift. "The boat drifted on the lake" , "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea" , "The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

2.

Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. Synonym: swim. Antonym: sink.

3.

Set afloat. "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

4.

Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with.

5.

Move lightly, as if suspended.

6.

Put into the water.

7.

Make the surface of level or smooth.

8.

Allow (currencies) to fluctuate.

9.

Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.

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