Thesaurus: floating
of Float
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Definitions
- p. pr. & vb. n. of Float
- 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.
- a. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
- n. Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
- n. The second coat of coat">three-coat plastering.
- adj. borne up by or suspended in a liquid
- adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- adj. inclined to move or be moved about
- adj. (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
- adj. not definitely committed to a party or policy
- n. the act of someone who floats on the water