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1. Borne up by or suspended in a liquid
   "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
    
2. Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
   "the floating population";
   - aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant
    
3. Inclined to move or be moved about
   "a floating crap game"
    
4. (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"
    
5. Not definitely committed to a party or policy
   "floating voters"

1. The act of someone who floats on the water

1. Be in motion due to some air or water current
   "the boat floated on the lake";
   - drift, be adrift, blow
    
2. Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
   - swim
    
3. Set afloat
   "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
    
4. Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
   "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
    
5. Move lightly, as if suspended
   "The dancer floated across the stage"
    
6. Put into the water
   "float a ship"
    
7. (masonry) Make the surface level or smooth
   "float the plaster"
    
8. Allow (currencies) to fluctuate
   "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
    
9. Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
   "float data"

Derived forms: floatings

See also: afloat, free-floating [informal], mobile, uncommitted, unfixed, unsettled

Type of: change over, convert, essay, examine, go, launch, locomote, move, prove, smooth, smoothen, swim, swimming, test, transport, travel, trial, try, try out, value

Antonym: settle

Encyclopedia: Floating, Brilliant, Gone