floating
f loh ting
- n the act of someone who floats on the water
- v be in motion due to some air or water current
- v be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- v set afloat
- v circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform - v move lightly, as if suspended
- v put into the water
- v make the surface of level or smooth
- v allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- v convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- s borne up by or suspended in a liquid
the ship is still floating
floating logs
floating seaweed - s continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
the floating population - s inclined to move or be moved about
a floating crap game - s (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 - s not definitely committed to a party or policy
floating voters
- Your eyes do not deceive you: that sleek slab levitating in midair is in fact a bed, and it is floating unsupported--though lightly tethered at its four corners--16 in.
- A giant pulp mill for the Amazon wilderness Longer than two football fields, taller than a 16-story building, the off-white structure floating up the Amazon looked like a.
- Home Sweet Home A floating bed, a manpowered snow plow and a gadget to find those gloves (or anything else) you misplace.