FLOATING
\flˈə͡ʊtɪŋ], \flˈəʊtɪŋ], \f_l_ˈəʊ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of FLOATING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
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inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
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not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"
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(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"
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the act of someone who floats on the water
By Princeton University
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continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
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inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
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hanging or moving freely in air; "floating thistledown"; "floating banners"
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not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"
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(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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
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Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
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Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
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Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
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The second coat of three-coat plastering.
By Oddity Software
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Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
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Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
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Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
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The second coat of three-coat plastering.
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threads. See threads, above.
By Noah Webster.
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Swimming or held up on the surface of a liquid; free to move about; circulating; not fixed or settled; ready for use.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. Free, unattached, noting the lower ribs the cartilages of which are not articulated directly with the sternum. 2. Out of the normal position, unduly movable, wandering, noting an occasional abnormal condition of certain organs, as the kidneys, liver, spleen, etc.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Resting buoyant on the water; overflowing; circulating, not fixed; of uncertain amount; available for use; unattached.
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The act of being conveyed by the stream or resting buoyant on the surface of the water; the watering or overflowing of meadows; the plastering of walls with a float.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
