Unscramble floating

Definition of floating

adjective:

• borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating", "floating logs", "floating seaweed".
• continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer", "the floating population", "vagrant hippies of the sixties". Synonyms: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant.
• inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game".
• (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".
• not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters".

noun:

• the act of someone who floats on the water. Synonyms: natation.

verb:

• 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". Synonyms: be adrift, blow, drift, float.
• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. Synonyms: float, swim. Antonyms: sink.
• set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river", "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond". Synonyms: float.
• circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform". Synonyms: float.
• move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage". Synonyms: float.
• put into the water; "float a ship". Synonyms: float.
• make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster". Synonyms: float.
• allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months". Synonyms: float.
• convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data". Synonyms: float.

Related words

buoy, drift, refloat, ride, stream, tide, waft.

Words nearby

gloating.

Rhymes with

boating, coating, doting, gloating, voting.