floating Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the act of someone who floats on the water
   natation.
   
2. verb be in motion due to some air or water current
   blow; be adrift; float; drift.
   
   • 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
3. verb be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
   swim; float.
   
4. verb set afloat
   float.
   
   • He floated the logs down the river
   • The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
5. verb circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
   float.
   
   • The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
6. verb move lightly, as if suspended
   float.
   
   • The dancer floated across the stage
7. verb put into the water
   float.
   
   • float a ship
8. verb make the surface of level or smooth
   float.
   
   • float the plaster
9. verb allow (currencies) to fluctuate
   float.
   
   • The government floated the ruble for a few months
10. verb convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
    float.
    
    • float data
11. adjective satellite borne up by or suspended in a liquid
    
    • the ship is still floating
    • floating logs
    • floating seaweed
12. adjective satellite continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
    vagabond; aimless; vagrant; drifting.
    
    • a drifting double-dealer
    • the floating population
    • vagrant hippies of the sixties
13. adjective satellite inclined to move or be moved about
    
    • a floating crap game
14. adjective satellite (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
15. adjective satellite not definitely committed to a party or policy
    
    • floating voters

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