Overview of noun floating

The noun floating has 1 sense

• floating, natation -- (the act of someone who floats on the water)

Overview of verb float

The verb float has 9 senses

• float, drift, be adrift, blow -- (be in motion due to some air or water current; "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")


• float, swim -- (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)


• float -- (set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond")


• float -- (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform")


• float -- (move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage")


• float -- (put into the water; "float a ship")


• float -- (make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster")


• float -- (allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months")


• float -- (convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data")

Overview of adj floating

The adj floating has 5 senses

• floating -- (borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed")


• aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant -- (continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties")


• floating -- (inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game")


• floating -- ((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")


• floating -- (not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters")