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English adjective: floating | |||
| 1. | floating borne up by or suspended in a liquid | ||
| Samples | The ship is still floating. Floating logs. Floating seaweed. | ||
| Similar | afloat | ||
| Antonyms | aground | ||
| 2. | floating continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | ||
| Samples | A drifting double-dealer. The floating population. Vagrant hippies of the sixties. | ||
| Synonyms | aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant | ||
| Similar | unsettled | ||
| Antonyms | settled | ||
| 3. | floating inclined to move or be moved about | ||
| Samples | A floating crap game. | ||
| Similar | mobile | ||
| Antonyms | immobile | ||
| 4. | floating (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position | ||
| Samples | Floating ribs are not connected with the sternum. A floating kidney. | ||
| Similar | unfixed | ||
| Antonyms | fixed | ||
| 5. | floating not definitely committed to a party or policy | ||
| Samples | Floating voters. | ||
| Similar | uncommitted | ||
| Antonyms | committed | ||
English noun: floating | |||
| 1. | floating (act) the act of someone who floats on the water | ||
| Synonyms | natation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swim, swimming | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dead-man's float, prone float | ||
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