Definition of Floating

Adjective: floating  flow-ting

1. Borne up by or suspended in a liquid
   "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
    
2. Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
   "the floating population";
   - aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant
    
3. Inclined to move or be moved about
   "a floating crap game"
    
4. (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
   "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"
    
5. Not definitely committed to a party or policy
   "floating voters"

Noun: floating  flow-ting

1. The act of someone who floats on the water
   - natation

Verb: float  flowt

1. Be in motion due to some air or water current
   "the boat floated on the lake";
   - drift, be adrift, blow
    
2. Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
   - swim
    
3. Set afloat
   "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
    
4. Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
   "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
    
5. Move lightly, as if suspended
   "The dancer floated across the stage"
    
6. Put into the water
   "float a ship"
    
7. (masonry) Make the surface level or smooth
   "float the plaster"
    
8. Allow (currencies) to fluctuate
   "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
    
9. Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
   "float data"

See also:
floatiest
floatplane

Anagrams containing the word floating

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