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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Float
  2. a. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
  3. a. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
  4. a. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
  5. n. Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
  6. n. The second coat of coat">three-coat plastering.
  7. adj. borne up by or suspended in a liquid
  8. adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
  9. adj. inclined to move or be moved about
  10. adj. (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
  11. adj. not definitely committed to a party or policy
  12. n. the act of someone who floats on the water