English to English
floating
('fl/oU/t/I//N/
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adjective (a)
- Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.(noun)source: webster1913
- The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid(adj.all)Example:
The ship is still floating.
Floating logs.
Floating seaweed.
source: wordnet30 - inclined to move or be moved about(adj.all)Example:
A floating crap game.
source: wordnet30 - (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position(adj.all)Example:
Floating ribs are not connected with the sternum.
A floating kidney.
source: wordnet30 - not definitely committed to a party or policy(adj.all)Example:
Floating voters.
source: wordnet30