"floating" in the noun sense

1. floating, natation

the act of someone who floats on the water

"floating" in the verb sense

1. float, drift, be adrift, blow

be in motion due to some air or water current

"The leaves were blowing in the wind"

"the boat drifted on the lake"

"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"

"the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

2. float, swim

be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

3. float

set afloat

"He floated the logs down the river"

"The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

4. float

circulate or discuss tentatively test the waters with

"The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

5. float

move lightly, as if suspended

"The dancer floated across the stage"

6. float

put into the water

"float a ship"

7. float

make the surface of level or smooth

"float the plaster"

8. float

allow (currencies) to fluctuate

"The government floated the ruble for a few months"

9. float

convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

"float data"

"floating" in the adjective sense

1. floating

borne up by or suspended in a liquid

"the ship is still floating"

"floating logs"

"floating seaweed"

2. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

"a drifting double-dealer"

"the floating population"

"vagrant hippies of the sixties"

3. floating

inclined to move or be moved about

"a floating crap game"

4. floating

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. floating

not definitely committed to a party or policy

"floating voters"

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