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Meaning of 'floating' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Floating [ a.]
- Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
- Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
- Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
2 . Floating [ n.]
- Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
- The second coat of three-coat plastering.
3 . Floating [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Float

Meaning of 'floating' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . floating [ s]
Meaning (1):
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Example in sentence:
  • a drifting double-dealer;
  • the floating population;
  • vagrant hippies of the sixties
Meaning (2):
- inclined to move or be moved about
Example in sentence:
  • a floating crap game
Meaning (3):
- (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
Example in sentence:
  • a floating kidney;
  • floating ribs are not connected with the sternum
Meaning (4):
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • floating logs;
  • floating seaweed;
  • the ship is still floating
Meaning (5):
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
Example in sentence:
  • floating voters

Nearby Words:

flo float floatable floatage floatation floated floater floatiersman floatingly floaty

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