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Meaning of 'floating'
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. [ a.]- 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. [ n.]- The second coat of three-coat plastering.
3. Floating [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Float [ p. pr. & vb. n.]Meaning of 'floating' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. floating [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- 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
- 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
- (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):
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
Example in sentence:
- floating voters
Meaning (5):
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
Example in sentence:
- floating logs;
- floating seaweed;
- the ship is still floating
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