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
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 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
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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